6 Foot Python Pops Out of Toilet...

[jundp 191]

A 1.8m BLACK-HEADED python has been found in a toilet bowl on the 10th floor of a posh Darwin apartment block.

It is not known how long the sneaky and "smelly'' snake had been travelling up and down the sewage pipes.

But NT reptile wrangler Chris Peberdy rescued it on Sunday afternoon after the tenants of the Cullen Bay apartment got the shock of their lives when going to the bathroom.

"When I saw it I was pretty shocked,'' Mr Peberdy said.

"It's one thing in the Territory to have a green frog in the toilet ... but not a six-foot python.''

"It would certainly scare you if it came up from the depths of the toilet.''

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Mr Peberdy said there were no windows or other spaces that the snake -- which is "as thick as someone's wrist'' -- could have got into the bathroom.

"There is no possible other way it could have got there than through the toilet,'' Mr Peberdy said. "I had to give him a good wash as he was wet and a bit smelly.''

But it is not the first time he has had to rescue a snake from the loo.

"About three years ago I had the same sort of thing ... an olive python had been living through the toilets of a city apartment block on Daly St,'' he said.

"But it was never on the 10th floor.''

Mr Peberdy said the python, which is not poisonous, is likely to be a runaway pet that has travelled through the pipes after escaping a neighbour's home.

"Black-headed pythons are quite rare in the Darwin area, but they are popular in captivity,'' he said.

"They are a prized pet and are quite valuable.

Mr Peberdy said the incident was a reminder for snake owners to ensure they keep their scaly pets locked and secured in appropriate cages or tanks.

"This could have ended in disaster,'' he said.

"Someone could have had a heart attack if they came across it, or the snake could have been killed and chopped up into little pieces.''

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/06/20/4434_ntnews.html

[palilover 1]

whoa....if I walked into my bathroom and a snake was looking at me from my toilet, I would surely shyt my pants......

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Yeah I'd definitely die of a heart attack

Now I'm going to freak out everytime I need to go to the bathroom...

[Ms. Squirrel 11]

Yeah I'd definitely die of a heart attack

Now I'm going to freak out everytime I need to go to the bathroom...

Story of my life, Cecile!!

I read a similar story when I was really young and since then I can't go to the loo at night without turning the lights on!!

[pedroh 21]

plis don't feed Julia with stories of snakes in the toilet

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Yeah I'd definitely die of a heart attack

Now I'm going to freak out everytime I need to go to the bathroom...

Story of my life, Cecile!!

I read a similar story when I was really young and since then I can't go to the loo at night without turning the lights on!!

There was also an episode of the X-Files where the guy could stretch his body and go into pipes, and at one point he got out of the pipes by the toilet bowl. This was the worst episode ever for me! It took me years to stop thinking about it.

[almaty 19]

my sister lived in the country ..years ago and had a copperhead in her bathroom...hiding behind the hamper...

[Nagishkaw 510]

Oh Lawd no!

[pedroh 21]

I eet snakes 4 breakfazt

[almaty 19]

i know. via the el presidente fan website..you tie 2 rattlesnakles togehter for your belt...

[jundp 191]

whoa....if I walked into my bathroom and a snake was looking at me from my toilet, I would surely shyt my pants......

bwahahahahahha

[mawilson 2,133]

I'm surprised Eric hasn't posted here yet.

[jundp 191]

I'm surprised Eric hasn't posted here yet.

It's only a matter of time. I can see it now :

"that was me loooooooooooooooooool"

[eric&gen 0]

That was no BLACK-HEADED python popping out fo the toilet. It was my huge tan colored thingy.loooooooool

[~krakatoa~ 27]