A crafty python is caught after raiding a chicken shed while looking for its dinner. <br /><br />The 9ft long snake slithered into the wooden and killed one rooster in Chachoengsao, Thailand, on October 23 at midnight. <br /><br />But before it could devour the poultry, owner Ruen Rich, 55, heard squawking and called the emergency services.<br /><br />They disappointed snaked was found hiding under a plastic laundry basket with the dead cock a few inches away. They made light work of dragging the snake into the open.<br /><br />Interesting footage shows the glistening python wriggling around a pole as it bares its jaws. He was later bagged up and back into the wild. <br /><br />Relieved farmer Ruen said: ‘’It was lucky the snake only got one of the chickens and didn’t eat it. It would be bad luck for us to eat the chicken now so we’ll bury him.’'<br /><br />The 9ft long snake slithered into the wooden enclosure and killed one rooster in Chachoengsao, Thailand, on October 23 at midnight. <br /><br />But before it could devour the poultry, owner Ruen Rich, 55, heard squawking and called the emergency services.<br /><br />They disappointed snake was found hiding under a plastic laundry basket with the dead cock a few inches away. They made light work of dragging the snake into the open.<br /><br />Interesting footage shows the glistening python wriggling around a pole as it bares its jaws. He was later bagged up and released back into the wild. <br /><br />Relieved farmer Ruen said: ‘’It was lucky the snake only got one of the chickens and didn’t eat it. It would be bad luck for us to eat the chicken now so we’ll bury him.’'
