webfact Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Sanook Thai Cap: "Jumbo" Albino Python A bicycle repairman called Chalermchai Jainat, 52, told Sanook how he called rescue services after a troublesome python proved too tricky to handle. Chaermchai said he was minding his own business repairing bikes when his mum who was relaxing on a wood platform heard the sound of what she thought was a person dragging wood. On closer inspection it was a huge albino python slithering towards the road and a possible accident about to happen. The staff at the Asan repair shop in Phiman sub-district of Satun, southern Thailand, tried to grab it's tail end but it slithered off to hide under some coconut husks under a mango tree. When Thammarangsri rescue services arrived the serpent fled the mango scene into a disused pond where it was eventually caught with a noose and returned to nature. Chalermchai said that the area had lots of snakes that were usually after cats to eat. The change in the weather had brought many of them down from the nearby hills for water and food. Aetna Platinum+ Light on premium, great on coverage -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-02-22 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffggi Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, webfact said: Chalermchai said that the area had lots of snakes that were usually after cats to eat. Send them to our area heaps of possible food for them .......................LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 I have a book Snakes and other reptiles of Thailand. There is no mention of an Albino Python . I'm calling Cobras on this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagallim Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 15 minutes ago, toofarnorth said: I have a book Snakes and other reptiles of Thailand. There is no mention of an Albino Python . I'm calling Cobras on this. The only cobra reaching 4 metres plus is a King Cobra, and there would be no mistaking it for a python. "The Burmese python is frequently captive-bred for color, pattern, and more recently, size. Its albino form is especially popular and is the most widely available morph. This morph is white with patterns in butterscotch yellow and burnt orange. Also, "labyrinth" specimens with maze-like patterns, khaki-colored "green", and "granite" with many small angular spots are available. Breeders have recently begun working with an island lineage of Burmese pythons. Early reports indicate that these dwarf Burmese pythons have slightly different coloring and pattern from their mainland relatives and do not grow much over 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) in length. One of the most sought-after of these variations is the leucistic Burmese. This particular variety is very rare, being entirely bright white with no pattern and blue eyes, and has only in 2008/2009 been reproduced in captivity as the homozygous form (referred to as "super" by reptile keepers) of the co-dominant hypomelanistic trait. The caramel Burmese python has a caramel-colored pattern with "milk-chocolate" eyes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikao Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 The head of the snake in the OP does not look like a Python. More like a King Cobra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 I'd have thought that Bicycle repairman could have dealt with the snake himself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandeventer Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Geoffggi said: Send them to our area heaps of possible food for them .......................LOL The only trouble is Python's are not that tasty compared to the Cobra. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post peter zwart Posted February 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2022 4 hours ago, toofarnorth said: I have a book Snakes and other reptiles of Thailand. There is no mention of an Albino Python . I'm calling Cobras on this. No matter what it is, i call it "5 colours in my underwear" if he is in my garden. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacovl46 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 4 hours ago, pagallim said: The only cobra reaching 4 metres plus is a King Cobra, and there would be no mistaking it for a python. "The Burmese python is frequently captive-bred for color, pattern, and more recently, size. Its albino form is especially popular and is the most widely available morph. This morph is white with patterns in butterscotch yellow and burnt orange. Also, "labyrinth" specimens with maze-like patterns, khaki-colored "green", and "granite" with many small angular spots are available. Breeders have recently begun working with an island lineage of Burmese pythons. Early reports indicate that these dwarf Burmese pythons have slightly different coloring and pattern from their mainland relatives and do not grow much over 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) in length. One of the most sought-after of these variations is the leucistic Burmese. This particular variety is very rare, being entirely bright white with no pattern and blue eyes, and has only in 2008/2009 been reproduced in captivity as the homozygous form (referred to as "super" by reptile keepers) of the co-dominant hypomelanistic trait. The caramel Burmese python has a caramel-colored pattern with "milk-chocolate" eyes." It absolutely is a king cobra in the photos. The color and the scale pattern is all wrong for a python, but spot on for a king cobra. Especially the two huge scales on its head are dead give aways! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacovl46 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 2 hours ago, pikao said: The head of the snake in the OP does not look like a Python. More like a King Cobra That’s because it is a king cobra. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 They'll be hanging round his house tomorrow looking for lottery numbers in the snake dung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacovl46 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 4 hours ago, toofarnorth said: I have a book Snakes and other reptiles of Thailand. There is no mention of an Albino Python . I'm calling Cobras on this. There absolutely are albino pythons. It’s the white colored ones with the yellow pattern on it. Britney Spears famously had one around her neck either in one of her videos or while on tour. If you google it, you’ll find a pic. True cobras, the ones belonging to the naja genus, don’t get that long, so that leaves us with king cobra and the one in the photos of the article is just that. The huge scales on its head as well as the coloration are a dead give away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 5 hours ago, webfact said: A bicycle repairman called Chalermchai Jainat, 52, told Sanook how he called rescue services after a troublesome python proved too tricky to handle. It wouldn't stay on the rim? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 5 hours ago, toofarnorth said: I have a book Snakes and other reptiles of Thailand. There is no mention of an Albino Python . I'm calling Cobras on this. Albino pythons are usually captive bred and released when too big to keep at home. This one may have been let go and survived in the wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 hour ago, peter zwart said: No matter what it is, i call it "5 colours in my underwear" if he is in my garden. What are the other 4? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter zwart Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 2 hours ago, hotchilli said: What are the other 4? You realy dont want to know. But if you do i will send you my underwear when sj!t hits the cotton. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thingamabob Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 A king cobra. Reportedly returned to the wild, but more likely ended up as somebody's dinner, sad to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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