Python Found in Toilet Bowl

by Heiky | June 20, 2008 at 12:53 pm | 473 views | 10 comments

Australian residents found that a python awaited them in their toilet bowl. The python is 1.8 meter (nearly six feet) long, and is discovered in a highrise apartment in Australia's northern tropical city of Darwin.

A 1.8 meter (nearly six feet) python has been found in a toilet bowl in a highrise apartment in Australia's northern tropical city of Darwin, media reported on Friday.

The Northern Territory News said the black-headed python was found in a 10th floor toilet.

Reptile catcher Chris Peberdy told the newspaper the python, likely to be a runaway pet, had been traveling through the building's sewer pipes.

"When I saw it I was pretty shocked," he said. "There is no possible other way it could have got there than through the toilet. I had to give him a wash because he was wet and a bit smelly."

This reminds me of the basilisk in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Snakes travelling through sewage pipes.
Shivers.

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JeffHuang

at 13:06 on June 20th, 2008

I swear that was my biggest fear when i was little. Thinking about the possibility of weird reptiles or creatures in the toilet.

amyjudd

at 13:18 on June 20th, 2008

Awww, I feel sorry for him! Crawling through the sewer pipe - ewwww!

None But Shining Hours

at 13:31 on June 20th, 2008

Python from the Live Reptiles exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in NYC. 6/7/08

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rpshen

at 14:33 on June 20th, 2008

That's awful!

Sicilian Princess

at 21:01 on June 20th, 2008

This is a picture of my gorgeous ball python, Zelda, eating a large rat. Besides feeding time, Zelda is as sweet and loving as a puppy. I have had him for 5 years now and wouldn't trade him for the world. =)

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Broken Simulacra

at 21:05 on June 20th, 2008

This reminds me about what happened to Alice Cooper's pet python several years ago. He took it on tour with him and it went missing in a hotel. A few months later, people staying in the same room found it happily curled up in the toilet bowl. I just don't know how they can squeeze through the s-bend - and what do they live on in the meantime?