Man bites snake in epic struggle

[vcl_X1]

They want to arrest the snake? Only in Kenya.

maybe, but boats get arrested in Italy too you know.

 

[MikeHunt79]

Usually it's the snake doing the biting, he's pretty lucky to be alive!

 

[aslco]

Indeed

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LULZ

 

[aslco]

Is this for real?

I handled a 12 ft Reticulated python about 15 years ago, it was all muscle but I seriously doubt it could have hauled me up a tree as we both weighed about the same, now if it were much bigger than that and he was a skinny little runt then maybe.

it says it was 13ft / 4 metres so not THAT big. They can measure over 5 metres i think.

 

[antijoke]

Usually it's the snake doing the biting, he's pretty lucky to be alive!

He alpha'd the snake.

 

[Ripper]

I believe the snake used a winch and pulley system

 

[DeadMan]

"I stepped on a spongy thing on the ground and suddenly my leg was entangled with the body of a huge python," he said.

"I had to bite it." :S

 

[Spikey]

Snakeeees are sssssssilent

 

[998cc]

I am sure there is a trouser snake joke in there somewhere.

 

[Geckovich]

TTIUWP

 

[D D Danneh]

Is this for real?

I handled a 12 ft Reticulated python about 15 years ago, it was all muscle but I seriously doubt it could have hauled me up a tree as we both weighed about the same, now if it were much bigger than that and he was a skinny little runt then maybe.

If the picture in the article is correct, it's a burmese python, which are much "chunkier" than a retic. Just like an anaconda might not grow as long as a retic but they can weigh twice as much. Although it does seem a little dodgy for it to drag him into a tree. Neither burmese pythons nor reticulated pythons are mainly arboreal, and it'd make much more sense for it to kill him where it grabbed him.

 

[LukeTW]

God !

Would be funny watching someone stuck up a tree wrestling a snake

 

[Mr_T]

Lol this is clearly a b******t african story, I'm no snake expert but I do understand the laws of physics. No way could a snake pull a man up a tree... don't these type of snakes prefer to crush their prey and swallow them whole first?

I love this quote...

"The police officer said they took the snake to a sanctuary in Malindi town but it escaped overnight, probably from a gap under the door in the room where it was kept."

How big was the gap under the door if the snake could pull a bloke up a tree?!?!

 

[Grimley]

Imagine if a python took on a python and swallowed one.....haha crazy

They take on Alligators in Florida.

Proof here.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4313978.stm

 

[[ASSE]Hinchy]

How big was the gap under the door if the snake could pull a bloke up a tree?!?!

They can actually flatten their bodies like a pancake to get under some doors and fences. Saw it on a Steve Irwin programme. Snakes scare me to death.

Some absolutely brilliant posts in this thread though

 

[Red Porsche]

Ben Nyaumbe= New chuck norris

 

[*Chris]

bet he was a bit rattled after that!

haha

 

[Barks]

I believe the snake used a winch and pulley system

Just had that moment at work where you laugh out loud and get some funny looks!

 

[tomoW1]

What they didn't mention in the report is that the guy was plaing Metal Gear Solid 3 the night before he knew instantly what he had to do when he got attacked...

I had to bite it.

 

[Nodiggidy123]

dont know if its true but a few years ago my dad had a mate who brought a 12ft python over to our house.

the man said that if a snake trys to constrict you, you can just unwind it from its tail end as they have little strength that way.