Hefty Phuket python stuck while exiting manhole cover

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Rescue workers initially kept at bay by the feisty python finally safely recovered the snake. Photo: Kusoldharm Foundation

 

PHUKET: A python three-and-a-half metres long and weighing about 10 kilograms was rescued at Saphan Hin last night (Nov 14) after the snake became stuck while exiting a drain manhole cover in the footpath.

 

Kusoldharm rescue workers were notified by a passer-by at 9:30pm that a snake was seen protruding from a drain cover near the ATM at the front the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command Radio Station, located about 50m west from the main intersection at the entrance to the Saphan Hin area.

 

Rescue workers arrived at the scene to find the snake stuck while trying to exit through a hole in a drain cover. Its head was about 30cm through the drain cover, and its feisty hiss kept the rescue workers at bay while they tried to free the reptile.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/hefty-phuket-python-stuck-while-exiting-manhole-cover-64702.php

 

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The umbrella is a nice touch 

3.5 meters long and only 10kg ??? Impossible.