Source: Qianjiang Evening News
Today (August 15) at 6:00 a.m., Hangzhou Zhaohui Fire Rescue Station received dispatch from the command center of the Hangzhou Fire Rescue Detachment: a large snake was found in the public toilet next to the Zhaohui Port and Navigation Building in Xiacheng District.
"It's like two snakes!" The snake was a little big, coiled in the grass, very panicked. On the phone, the police citizen described to the firefighters that the two snakes were gray-brown, did not know what breed, and looked strange and scary.
At 6:20, 7 firefighters rushed to the scene to dispose of it. At the scene, firefighters found a snake lying on the side of the door of the public toilet and in two low grasses outside the public toilet. The snake's body is the thickness of a wrist, and the length is about one meter.
After identification at the scene, firefighters confirmed that it was two pythons.
After the firefighters put on their personal protective equipment, they used the snake trap to successfully "capture" the two pythons. The whole process, in less than 5 minutes.
Catching snakes is easy, but firefighters have a hard time dealing with the origin of the two pythons and how to deal with them.
"Logically, there are unlikely to be wild pythons in Hangzhou, and there are two at once, and the probability should be very low." Firefighters involved in the disposal said that recently the fire station has also had a lot of tasks to assist in catching snakes, but there are very few pythons.
It is estimated that the two pythons are most likely self-raised by nearby citizens. "Could the snake have escaped from a citizen's house?" Firefighters said, but the two snakes fled in pairs unlikely.
At present, two pythons have been taken back to the fire rescue station by firefighters.
What should snakes do with them? Will the owner come to claim it?
Now, the two pythons are temporarily in the air-conditioned room of the fire station, and the firefighters have fed them a little food.
"What are you going to do with these two snakes?" We would also like to ask everyone to help, and the relevant wildlife rescue agencies can not come to help find a home for these two snakes. The firefighter said.
Where did the python that appeared in the morning come from?
Is it toxic?
Just now, the Qianjiang Evening News hour reporter helped contact the relevant departments.
Chen Cangsong, a two-climbing expert at the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, judged based on the pictures presented to him by the reporter that this was a red-tailed grasshopper (python). The red-tailed grasshopper is native to the Americas, not a native of China, and is generally kept by some pet lovers.
The staff of the Hangzhou Forest and Wildlife Conservation Service Center also said that the two pythons found by Zhaohui were non-toxic.
If the public finds a snake in the living environment, do not go near it, should immediately dial 110 or 119.
Hangzhou Wildlife World is a rescue center commissioned by Hangzhou municipal level, and the snakes found can be sent there for rescue. At the same time, it is reminded once again that all wild animals are protected by national laws, and individuals are not allowed to raise them, and once found, they will be punished by law.
Source: Qianjiang Evening News • Hourly News Reporter Xie Chunhui Shi Wen Correspondent Lou Kai