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Bad meal nearly kills Australian snake - Yahoo! News
A snake was saved by surgery in Australia after mistaking four golf balls for chicken eggs, a veterinarian said Wednesday.
A couple had placed the balls in their chicken coop in New South Wales state to encourage their hen to nest, the Australian Associated Press reported.
The balls disappeared, and the couple found a lumpy-looking carpet python nearby.
They took the 32-inch nonvenomous snake to the nearby Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, where senior veterinarian Michael Pyne operated to remove the balls from the snake's intestine.
The snake was making a speedy recovery, Pyne said.
"Those golf balls weren't moving any further. They were stuck where they were," Pyne said. "If it hadn't been found, it would have died for sure."
Saw this on the news. Thought it was funny! Wonder if the snake has learned his lesson, lol.
A snake was saved by surgery in Australia after mistaking four golf balls for chicken eggs, a veterinarian said Wednesday.
A couple had placed the balls in their chicken coop in New South Wales state to encourage their hen to nest, the Australian Associated Press reported.
The balls disappeared, and the couple found a lumpy-looking carpet python nearby.
They took the 32-inch nonvenomous snake to the nearby Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, where senior veterinarian Michael Pyne operated to remove the balls from the snake's intestine.
The snake was making a speedy recovery, Pyne said.
"Those golf balls weren't moving any further. They were stuck where they were," Pyne said. "If it hadn't been found, it would have died for sure."
Saw this on the news. Thought it was funny! Wonder if the snake has learned his lesson, lol.
I wonder if the snake knew the difference that golf balls can't be crushed like the egg. Instead he swallowed 4 golf balls, how lucky he survived. It's funny how the golf balls is used as decoy for the chicken eggs.
