THAILAND: Pythons And Cobras Invade

Large snakes continue to take refuge in homes and vehicles as the snake catchers warn of many more to come.

Pythons and cobras are fleeing their usual habitats and seeking shelter from the continual rain in some areas of Thailand.

The latest two cases to hit the news were in Hat Yai, Songkhla and were dealt with by the same intrepid team from the Thong Sia Siang Teung foundation reported Thairath.

In the first a PTT customer saw a two meter python slither into a fork lift yard behind the gas station and hole up in one of the vehicles. Attempts to get it out failed so the experts were called in to the yard on the Asia Highway.

Later they found a three meter python incubating eggs in a covered gutter at a house in the Klong Toey area of downtown Hat Yai. Two piles of about 20 eggs were retrieved as the snake was returned to the wild.

Foundation workers said that the continual rains in the city will mean many more cases of snakes finding their way into homes and vehicles over the coming weeks.