A family of tourists were terrified after renting a car then finding a baby python hiding inside the seat.<br /><br />The Chinese holidaymakers hired the red Nissan Almera in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and the wife was driving yesterday (September 4) morning.<br /><br />But she panicked after noticing the baby snake on the windscreen.<br /><br />The family pulled over and abandoned the vehicle before flagging down nearby traffic police.<br /><br />By the time the rescuer volunteer who was contacted by the police arrived the serpent slithered through the car's engine. They then found it curled up inside the seat.<br /><br />Footage taken on Wednesday afternoon shows the rescuer volunteer struggling to pull the little serpent from its hiding place.<br /><br />Police Lieutenant Colonel Suppachai Chantra said that the snake must have first been in the engine compartment before slithering out to escape the heat when it began moving.<br /><br />He said: "When the engine is running the temperature increases, so the python must have come out and slithered up to the windscreen.<br /><br />''We were able to catch the snake and let it go into the bushes at the side of the road.''
