Pythons can be terrifying in the wild, but picture this: you have been busy with the kids demanding something or other, your family required lunch, while the laundry needed tending to. This whole time, you have been bursting for the toilet. You finally have a moment to spare, so you rush to the bathroom to relieve yourself. As you approach the toilet, you notice something amiss. The toilet bowl seems to have something inside of it… but it’s definitely not poop left behind by your toddler. Could it be that your husband forgot to flush? Upon closer inspection, the thing starts to hiss. Suddenly you realize what it is. Your heart jumps right out of your mouth and your stomach drops to your feet. You run yelling at the top of your lungs. “There’s a python in the toilet!“
Python Slithers Out from Toilet
The above scenario seems so far-fetched that most people might just laugh at the thought. However, it is a terrifying reality for some families who live in countries that are so close to wildlife, they seem to share residents. One family in Thailand went through a similar ordeal on March 17th. However, the only difference is that Suwi Paramas, housewife and mother, only discovered the python in the toilet after she finished using the bathroom.
As the yellow python attempted to slither out from the toilet bowl, Suwi screams at the top of her lungs. It was the kind of scream that would send shivers down anyone’s spine. It reverberated through the entire house, giving her husband and her brother-in-law a massive scare. They both came running to her rescue and attempted to pull the snake out from the toilet. ”I was so scared. I couldn’t even watch why they were catching the snake. It could have killed me,” Suwi said. After their attempts to remove the snake failed, they called the Wildlife emergency services.
Python Was Stuck in the Pipes
Then, if matters couldn’t get any worse, the wildlife rescue team realized that the python was actually stuck inside the intricate pipe system of the family’s toilet. They got permission to remove the porcelain toilet from the floor because the snake had got its long body stuck in the U-bend. This is a seemingly unimportant piece of the plumbing. But, it is the only thing keeping your bathroom safe from the sewage system below. In other words, it is a pipe that ensures the water flows upwards, instead of back down into the toilet bowl.
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Thailand seems to be a place where the unthinkable happens on a regular basis. More stories of pythons being stuck in toilets have been coming to the foreground of our social media pages. Another story is from a different family. On March 17th, another Thailand local, Chang Lantanoy, posted a photo on a Facebook page called “All About Thailand Snakes.” The photo showed a python’s head poking out from the toilet bowl, its head still submerged in the water. Lantanoy wrote as the caption, which had to be translated from Thai: “The landlord is confused? Why can’t I [flush the toilet]? Not going down no matter what pops up I can’t crawl up. I’m stuck when I step back. I’m in trouble. Ending well. Prepare to release back to nature.”
Pythons are particularly scary creatures that have been known to eat large animals. House pets are in danger in areas like Thailand, particularly if they live close to nature. In the wild, they have been seen eating primates and pigs. These snakes can grow as long as 21 feet and weigh up to 165 pounds. There have even been human beings found in the bellies of larger pythons, having been squeezed to death and swallowed whole.
Needless to say, Chang Lantanoy called the rescue team, who helped him remove the python just like they did for Suwi Paramas. They had to break apart the plumbing to save and remove the snake from Chang’s house.
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