Posted on 11/25/2022 7:56:54 AM PST by george76
A five-year-old boy in Australia has survived after being bitten by a three-metre-long Python snake and dragged into a pool.
Beau Blake had to be rescued by his 76-year-old grandfather Allan after the terrifying attack at the family’s home in Byron Bay, New South Wales, before his father Ben separated him from the snake.
Beau was swimming with his brother and “just out of the blue” the Python “decided to wrap his mouth around his ankle and they both rolled into the pool”
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He was just walking around the edge [of the pool] and I believe the Python was sitting there waiting for a victim to come along...and Beau was it.
“It was instant. I saw a big black shadow come out of the bush and before they hit the bottom [of the pool] it had completely wrapped around his leg.”
That’s when Allan Blake jumped into the pool and took Beau to his father.
Ben described how it took him around 15 to 20 seconds to separate the snake from his son’s ankle, all the while trying to calm down Allan.
“I held onto [the Python] for probably 10 minutes whilst I was trying to calm my dad down, his partner down, and my two boys and then I released him.
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Python snakes are often found in Australia, Africa and Asia.
Australian pythons regularly exceed three metres. Despite their large size, some of these species survive in urban and suburban areas. Prey is captured by striking and biting, usually followed by constriction.
Last year a two-and-a-half-foot Python surprised swimmers at Hampstead Heath in north west London.
All accurate except I’d shift the scorching desert a bit more northwest and I’ve never heard of man-eating koalas. :)
Bump.
Just biding his time...
Me too, especially Democrats... 🤓
Source:
https://www.newidea.com.au/scottish-journo-attacked-by-drop-bear-in-hilarious-prank?category=news
Everything, including government, in Australia wants to kill you.
I live outside Philly. :(
Good thing Grandpa was there to rescue to rescue the lad. Yay, Gramps, you rock!
Lots of baddies in SE Asia as well as Australia. I recall reading about a man partially eaten by a python in Malaysia back in the mid-90s. This was a couple of years after a huge reticulated python decided to hang out in our office bathroom in Cambodia. When a staff member rushed in to tell me about it, he called it a Pee-ton. So I had to play “I’m thinking of an animal” with him.
“What color is it?”
“Color like the camouflage, Lady.”
“Okay. How many legs?”
“No legs, Lady.”
“Oh, a python!”
I was going to go catch the darn thing and put it out, but decided to check out whether they can bite first and got on the sat phone. Good thing I did. Of course they are not poisonous, but they do have a nasty germ-laden bite. We chased it away by banging spoons on pots instead.
One swallowed a woman whole in Indonesia a few years ago:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39427462
We had lots of poisonous snakes including sea snakes, huge salt crocs, scorpions galore, humongous poisonous centipedes, big bad poisonous spiders, etc., too. But the darn rats were the most bothersome. The tropics are such fun! But you do get used to it.
The oceans there are filled with deadly threats from stinging jellyfish with poison that stops your breathing to monster sharks that often run 25 feet long.
I am sure you know of the cone snails, which have the most venomous neurotoxin on the planet. So if want a relaxed day hanging out on the beach collecting sea shells, then think twice
F****** Aussies :)
And Gators?
He should have called Tecovas, he could have got a few Sheckles for that snake.
Crocs. Gators don’t hurt fellow alphas...
:)
I see what you did there.., lol
Great scene from a great movie!!!!
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