Phuket rescue team catches 5-metre/70kg python

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

It took rescue workers 10 minutes to capture the python. Photo: Kusoldharm Foundation

 

PHUKET: In the early hours of this morning, rescue workers successfully caught a 5-metre long reticulated python weighing 70 kilograms which locals found on a plot of land in Phuket Town.

 

Kusoldharm rescue workers were notified by a local resident that a big python had been found near the Phuket Formal Education Centre on Damrong Rd in Phuket Town at 1:40am today (Oct 23) and went to the scene to find a five-metre long python under the centre’s name plate.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-rescue-team-catches-5-metre-70kg-python-64413.php

 

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That's a very big boy to be wandering around the city!

Too big even for the Island apparently.

Rainy season drives them to shelter. Fairly harmless even if a bit scary.

 

49 minutes ago, keeniau96 said:

Rainy season drives them to shelter. Fairly harmless even if a bit scary.

 

Lovely creatures but best not let them give you a hug.