Carpet Python VS 4 golf balls

Jay · 02-21-11, 07:36 PM

A snake in the Australian state of New South Wales has had a lucky escape after a sneaky snack led to emergency stomach surgery. The 80-cm (32-inch) carpet python mistook golf balls - left by a couple in their chicken coop to encourage hens to lay - for eggs, and ate four of them. The couple took the python to the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary where vets decided that the snake had no chance of passing the balls. Vets operated on the snake, making an incision through which the golf balls were successfully removed.

marvelfreak · 02-21-11, 08:21 PM

When carpet are hunger and smell food nothing safe. lol

mld · 02-21-11, 08:23 PM

Poor fella! At least they were able to save him!

serpentshideawa · 02-21-11, 10:09 PM

i saw that on some show on animal planet a while back gorgeous snake but bad lunch

infernalis · 02-22-11, 12:08 AM

Nice that they saved the snake.....

frost · 02-22-11, 01:28 AM

wow! i though that snakes only determines prey using heat sensors. hmmm...???

TeaNinja · 02-22-11, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by infernalis

Nice that they saved the snake.....

omg, did that snake eat 2 light bulbs?!? lolol

presspirate · 02-22-11, 04:18 AM

I'm glad the farm couple took him to the vet. I think that is commendable. He could have just as easily been eating their chickens.

justin4snakes · 02-22-11, 07:00 AM

looks like the snake in waynes picture had a not so "bright" idea lol nd iwould think something like a golfball wouldnt have a high enough thermal signature for a snake to want to eat

mld · 02-22-11, 07:09 AM

I'm surprised the light bulbs didn't break, it they do/did they would cause a big problem for that snake.

infernalis · 02-22-11, 07:49 AM

The fact that someone took a wild snake to a vet and had it taken care of, rather than killing the snake, is commendable.

I found that pic some time ago, just google "snake x-ray" the golf ball pics are in the top results also.

snake x-ray - Google Search

shaunyboy · 02-22-11, 08:12 AM

never ceases to amze me how stupid snakes can be at times

on another forum a girl just had to cut her water bowl of a ball python after it decided to try and squeeze through small hole at the bottom of the bowl but got stuck due to the holes being way too small to get through

just gotta love the crazy snakes of this world...!!

cheers shaun

Will0W783 · 02-22-11, 09:38 AM

Poor carpet python...it's wonderful that the couple took him to the vet though. So many would have just let the poor thing suffer. It looks from the pics to be a beautiful example of a coastal locale as well. Wayne, do you know if they saved the snake that ate light bulbs? I imagine the bulbs must have recently been on to register to the snake's heat pits?

citysnakes · 02-22-11, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by shaunyboy

never ceases to amze me how stupid snakes can be at times

on another forum a girl just had to cut her water bowl of a ball python after it decided to try and squeeze through small hole at the bottom of the bowl but got stuck due to the holes being way too small to get through

just gotta love the crazy snakes of this world...!!

cheers shaun

sounds like thats stupidity on the keeper's part mate!

infernalis · 02-26-11, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Will0W783

Wayne, do you know if they saved the snake that ate light bulbs? I imagine the bulbs must have recently been on to register to the snake's heat pits?

Not sure, Like I said, I found that on an image search some time ago.

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sounds like thats stupidity on the keeper's part mate!

I have to agree, I never put anything in my snakes cages that the animal could get caught in... it's just common sense.