A 17ft-long python that ᴋɪʟʟᴇᴅ and sᴡᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ a beloved pet cat was forced to spit out the poor moggy by its ʜᴇᴀʀᴛʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ owner.
When owner Saowarak Charoen, 59, returned home, she discovered a sizable snake and immediately called the police. Soon after, a reporter, three animal rescuers, two police officers, and the snake with the huge bulge in its stomach arrived.
The family Bobo cat then emerged feet-first from the python’s mouth covered in slime after the men moved and bent it. The horrifying sights were documented on film.
Dᴇᴠᴀsᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ owner Saowarak, who keeps two other cats, said she had now buried Bobo in the garden. “I went to the kitchen noticed the cupboard under the sink was open,” she said. “There was a tail pointing out of it and I thought the snake was small, so I ran outside and called the police. When they arrived they said it was enormous. I was sʜᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ.”
The python’s length was estimated by wildlife inspectors to be little over five meters. The snake was returned to its natural habitat.
It was uncommon for pets to be ᴇᴀᴛᴇɴ by the protected reptiles, but warned owners to keep their cats from exploring their neighbourhoods.
The snakes are well-camouflaged ᴀᴍʙᴜsʜ hunters and lie in wait until their ᴘʀᴇʏ walks in their path. Pythons use their incredible strength to tightly wrap around ᴘʀᴇʏ animals and scientists think ᴠɪᴄᴛɪᴍs either ᴅɪᴇ by restricted ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ flow, leading to a ᴄᴀʀᴅɪᴀᴄ ᴀʀʀᴇsᴛ, or because the diaphragm is ᴄᴏɴsᴛʀɪᴄᴛᴇᴅ and so the lungs cannot inflate with oxygen.
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