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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _start_consumer(self, consumer):
 """Start a consumer as a new Thread. :param Consumer consumer: :return: """

        thread = threading.Thread(target=consumer.start,
                                  args=(self._connection,))
        thread.daemon = True
        thread.start()