Snake Fear Warning !! Be careful to avoid !!
Snake Fear Warning !! Be careful to avoid !!
Snake Fear Warning !! Be careful to avoid !!
Many shovelers want to share the beauty of life with their pets, even participating in sports.
Surfers, for example, sometimes surf with their pets.
Someone with a dog,
(Surfing with dog)
Someone with a cat,
(Surfing with cats)
There were even alpacas with them.
(with alpaca surfing)
Recently in Australia, a shovel officer was fined for surfing with a pet.
The pet he brought with him is more special, it is a pet snake...
(Surf with snakes)
Surfer Higor Fiuza has a pet snake, Shiva, who is 3 years old this year.
(Fiuza and carpet python Shiva)
Khiva is a carpet python, non-toxic, generally about 2.5 meters long.
This python belongs to a species of tree python that is more common in Australia, and its original habitat is forests and savannahs, mainly in trees.
(Fiuza and carpet python Shiva)
Earlier this month, Fiuza filmed a video of surfing with snakes on the Gold Coast and posted it online.
He put the snake on a surfboard and took it to the sea.
(Fiuza Snake Surfing)
When surfing, the snake was coiled around his neck.
(Fiuza Snake Surfing)
While resting on a surfboard, the snake also coiled around his neck.
(Fiuza Snake Surfing)
Sometimes the snake also goes into the sea to swim and then returns on its own later.
(Fiuza Snake Surfing)
Netizens felt that "surfing with snakes" was very fresh, and for a while this video went viral.
In an interview with the media, Fiuza said he has taken snakes to surf more than a dozen times.
"It swims for a while and then back on the board, swimming just waiting for the waves, waiting for a perfect wave."
"It's like being born."
"It's such an amazing snake."
"I always take it to the beach, and he loves swimming in the water, so one day I decided to take it to surf."
(Fiuza Snake Surfing)
Although completely different from the "tree-dwelling" nature, Fiuza says Khiva doesn't hate surfing.
"Usually, when it doesn't like something, it makes a 'hiss' sound."
"But it doesn't make that sound in the water and always seems calm."
(Khiva swims to the sea)
This video not only attracted the attention of netizens, but also attracted the attention of some snake experts, who began to worry that this would not be good for snakes.
A member of a local snake hunting group said,
"Snakes are ectothermic animals, and it's clear that snakes have a lot of stress in cold, salty water."
"Snakes are very vulnerable in their environment and in their interactions with the environment."
(Fiuza and Pet Snake Shiva)
For this reason, the Queensland Department of Environment and Science has launched an investigation into the shovel officer Fiuza to determine whether doing so violates the relevant laws.
(Fiuza Snake Surfing)
The other day, the department's decision on the treatment of Fiuza came out -
Fiuza was fined 2,322 Australian dollars (about 10,931 yuan).
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A senior wildlife official at the department said that while Fiuza had a license to keep snakes, he did not have a permit to take the snakes out of the house casually.
"The man surfed with his python, appeared in the local media and caught our attention."
"We don't want licensed people to display their native animals in public, unless it's for a specific approved purpose and in a way that best safeguards animal welfare and complies with public safety regulations."
"Showing native animals in public puts unnecessary stress on the animals."
"When they are taken out of their cages, their behavior becomes unpredictable."
(Fiuza Snake Surfing)
Although Fiuza has said that Shiva, the pet snake, has shown no aversion to surfing and the sea, officials at the department are concerned about the health of the carpet python Shiva.
"Snakes are cold-blooded animals, and although they can swim, these reptiles usually dodge water."
"Python will feel that the sea is very cold, and the only snake that should appear in the ocean is the sea snake."
(Fiuza Snake Surfing)
Now, Fiuza has deleted the video from the Internet, and his personal Instagram account has been set up as a private account, which netizens cannot view casually.
(Fiuza Snake Surfing)
In the future, it is estimated that Fiuza will no longer be able to share the joy of surfing with his pet snake Shiva.......