Posted Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:11pm AEST
Reinforcements will be called in to help two snake handlers remove a giant python from an abandoned building in Cairns in far north Queensland.
Aaron Chapman from the Kuranda Venom Zoo says a smaller python lifted his colleague off the ground when they tried to catch it in the Yorkeys Knob Boating Club this week.
He says they spotted the bigger reptile, known to locals as 'mummy', while they were there, but it quickly disappeared.
Mr Chapman says the 5.5-metre snake is the biggest he has ever seen and they are on call for when it next appears.
"There is a bit of danger involved, obviously," he said.
"A snake of that size would quite easily be able to suffocate any one of us at one time.
"You've just got to remember that if you're not scared of the snake, generally it's not scared of you."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/23/2694323.htm
No comments:
Post a Comment
You only need to enter your comment once! Comments will appear once they have been moderated. This is so as to stop the would-be comedian who has been spamming the comments here with inane and often offensive remarks. You know who you are!