This family found a massive Python in their house, and there was something alarming in its stomach
Finding a huge snake in your house is traumatic enough after all it's not exactly a common occurrence for most people
But finding a huge snake in your house with something mysterious
Languishing in its stomach, that's something else entirely
However, this is exactly what happened to one family in Australia and when they figured out what the reptile had swallowed
They were even more surprised that
Day in February 2016 started as a seemingly regular one for the affer mentioned family on Australia's Gold Coast
It definitely didn't end that way though
after all there was no way that they could have expected an enormous wild carpet python to slither into their home and
Well dangerous animals are abundant in Australia even there
It's not unreasonable to assume that you should be able to live your life without giant snakes crawling into your house and devouring things
But that's exactly what this serpent did of course most people with pets have come to accept that
Basically nothing is off-limits when it comes to chewing indeed anyone
Who's ever had a dog will be able to tell you how household items quickly get turned into white mark covered toys
But this slippery intruder had taken things to another level
thankfully upon discovering the snake the family including their pet dog managed to escape the house in time and
Before the reptile could pose any serious threat to them so instead it turned its attention to something else
When they realized what had happened however the family quickly took action?
Specifically they contacted reptile relocation and awareness a company that specializes in dealing with pesky snakes
And it wasn't long before one of its employees Tony Harrison arrived at the house
However this wasn't going to be just another regular reptile relocation in fact when the family told Harrison about the surprise waiting in
The Serpent's stomach he rushed it to the vet. Lounge a medical facility for cold-blooded creatures
there the Python was submitted to an x-ray which soon revealed exactly what it had decided to chow down upon and
Sitting there in its digestive tract was an object
surprisingly familiar to the family
It turned out that the snake can really trust fast in the family's home and eaten Ted
They're plush inanimate teddy bear. It was particularly fortunate than that Harrison had taken it to the vet
Lounge if he hadn't D consequences for the Python would have been disastrous in
Fact had the teddy bear been left inside. It could have been fatal for the slithering beast
According to Harrison the bear could have caused a block in the intestine which would most likely have resulted in death after all
Soft toys aren't usually on the reptilian menu
I've seen the meat tea towels plastic bags and fake chuck chicken eggs if it smells good. They'll eat anything
Harrison told the Daily Mail, but he added that if the bear was left inside the snake
Infection will eventually set in and the snake will die in order to save the snake's life, then it's had had to be removed
Hopefully saving the poor bear in the process - and
So the specialists at the vet lounge quickly took the Python into emergency surgery
Cutting open a snake isn't exactly the simplest thing in the world
But luckily the folks the vet lounge had the necessary training required to do it safely so
They got to work on the unwitting Python, which had apparently mistaken Ted for a real-life critter
First the vets placed the snake under a protective mat before meticulously clipping open its belly
Then they were able to see inside its stomach and search for the problematic toy
And just as the x-ray had shown there under the snakes skin was Ted
as
The vets pulled Ted from his slippery prison they may have breathed the collective sigh of relief Ted might have been relieved, too
We're here real bear although if that had been the case the greedy Python may have found it harder to eat him
Thankfully under the expertise of the staff at the vet lounge the emergency surgery went off without a hitch
Not only was Ted salvaged from the innards of the Python, but the reptile was saved too
Unsurprisingly, this wasn't a common occurrence at least where the bear was concerned
Fortunately though the vet lounge staff had the training necessary to remove it indeed practice manager Kylie Barbara told the Daily Mail
Retrieving a teddy bear from a snake is definitely a first but our veteran surgeon has removed objects from a number of animals of
Course it's no surprise that the teddy bear was looking a little worse for wear after his ordeal
After all he just traveled through the innards of a Python and lived to tell the tale
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