WATCH | THAI WOMAN RESCUED FROM PYTHON’S DEADLY CLUTCHES

A 64-year-old woman has been rescued from the tightening clutches of a massive python. Photo / Phra Samut Chedi Police, Poh Teck Tung Foundation.

.Fri 20 September 2024:

A 64-year-old woman named Arom was rescued from a terrifying encounter with a massive four-meter-long python while washing dishes outside her home on the outskirts of Bangkok. The snake, estimated to weigh 20kg, attacked Arom by biting her legs, knocking her to the ground, and coiling around her waist, leaving her trapped and unable to escape.

A 64-year-old Thai woman was rescued from the coils of a giant python in Thailand’s Samut Prakan after a 2 hour ordeal pic.twitter.com/QpYhLVhCkO

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Neighbors Rush to the Rescue
Arom’s whimpers of distress alerted her neighbors, who called the police and the Poh Teck Tung Foundation, a local rescue service. When the team arrived, it took over 30 minutes to free Arom, who was barely conscious by the time they succeeded. “I have never encountered an event like this in my life,” Arom told The Nation, which also published photos of the snake bites covering her right thigh. She is now recovering in the hospital, while the python slipped away into nearby reeds.

Dramatic Footage of the Rescue
Videos from the scene show rescuers arriving with torches and finding Arom pinned on the ground. While it’s unclear exactly how they freed her, pythons can be removed by carefully uncoiling them from tail to head. Pythons, although not venomous, are constrictors that kill their prey by suffocation before swallowing them whole.

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Thailand’s Frequent Encounters with Pythons
Thailand is no stranger to python encounters, as the country is home to several species, including the world’s longest snake, the reticulated python. In fact, up to 80% of emergency calls in Bangkok relate to python sightings. Although pythons are non-venomous, Thailand also hosts over 40 venomous snake species, including cobras and the Malayan pit viper.

The Global Snake Bite Crisis
Across Asia, approximately 242,600 people are bitten and 15,900 die from snake bites each year. Snake bites are considered a global health crisis, as anti-venoms are expensive to produce and often cause severe allergic reactions. There is now an international push to improve treatments or develop a universal antivenom to address this neglected issue.

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