Martin Baylis of Plymouth, Devon was a very nervous man after having had a snake hide in his car for four days He ended up dismantling his car in order to retrieve the serpent.
Martin had been transporting the reptile, Dave the rat eating Sinaloan milk snake, to his 20 year old son Chris’ home when it escaped from the tank. The tank had been in the trunk of the car and by the time the discovery was made the snake had vanished into the vehicles bodywork.
Martin went to work removing the seats and dashboard but he still couldn’t find the snake.
Over the next few days the snake occasionally popped out of crevices in the car three times while poor Martin was driving. Baylis finally managed to trap the sneaky snake in a pillow case.
The dad of three said: “It’s an unnerving feeling knowing there’s a 4ft snake circumnavigating the whole car.”
Well it seems that a bit of a mystery has been solved in a Malaysian orchid. Guard dogs that had been protecting a fruit orchid ended up meeting an untimely end when they were swallowed by a 7.1 meter (23 foot) long python.
Orchard keeper Ali Yusof said “I was shocked to see such a huge python,”. The python was almost long enough to span the width of a tennis court and as thick as a tree trunk.
The villagers didn’t harm the snake, which had been tied to a tree and then handed over to wildlife officials.
A new type of beauty treatment has been introduced in an Israeli health and beauty spa. Guess what it is? Snake massage.
For about $70, clients at Ada Barak’s spa can add a twist to their treatment by having six non venomous and completely harmless serpents slither and hiss across their aching muscles and stiff joints.
“I’m actually afraid of snakes, but the therapeutic effects are really good,” customer Liz Cohen told Reuters Television as Barak let the snakes loose on her body.
The spa uses California and Florida king snakes, corn snakes and milk snakes in her unusual treatments. She was inspired by the idea that once people get over their initial misgivings and fears and find that physical contact with the creatures is soothing.
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