Python In The Loo (Animal Story 24)

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You don't have to live in a country where seeing a snake is nothing special because it's also the natural habitat for these animals. You can encounter one in Europe, too, if you live near someone whose hobby it is to have a snake as a pet. It so happened in Graz, a city in Austria (not Australia!) that a man went to the bathroom and obviously sat down on the toilet seat without looking closely into the bowl before doing so (who does?). He learnt the hard way that he was not alone. A 1 1/2 m long python had escaped from his neighbour's flat, somehow found the toilet and the drain pipe and come up in his toilet bowl. When he sat down to do his business, it bit him in a delicate part of his body. The newspaper article isn't more precise. You're welcome to use your imagination! He was taken to hospital and examined. A python is not poisonous but the bite hurts. No major damage is mentioned in the text, but the wound had to be cleaned thoroughly. The police was informed who called an expert for reptiles. When he tried to get the snake out of the toilet, the snake resisted. It tensed its muscles and pressed its body against the tube. It took the man some time to get it out unharmed. He washed it to clean it from bacteria it might have caught in the tube. As the snake was in good condition and it was obvious that the owner treated the animal correctly, he was allowed to keep it. ========= If you're interested in more animal stories, click on the green box above the title.