A huge python was rescued after getting stuck in a drain hole cover while fleeing stray dogs.<br /><br />The two-metre-long snake was hunting for food when it became trapped in a water pipe in a street in Chonburi, eastern Thailand yesterday (May 13).<br /><br />Rescuers came to the village after locals noticed the dogs barking suspiciously at a drain lid and saw a reptile’s tail poking through the hole.<br /><br />They believe the dogs had chased the snake which tried to escape through the two-inch wide pipe where it became stuck. <br /><br />Workers carefully used a drilling machine to extract the concrete around the PVC pipe, where the snake was found stuck in.<br /><br />The python was brought out of the drain but its body was still attached to the plastic pipe. Three officers then slowly cut and broke it with a spoon and scissors.<br /><br />They spent about an hour successfully rescuing the snake, which looked very weak from struggling to get out of the hole.<br /><br />Rescuer Thanaset Winthakornbundit said: ''The snake had some scratches on its skin. We presumed that the snake might’ve been trapped in there for a few hours and been trying to escape until it became sore.<br /><br />''We bagged it up and let it rest in there for a while. Then, we would release it back into the wild.''
