蛇专家对一名昆士兰女孩在后院挥舞蛇以拯救她的豚鼠的镜头做出了反应 - 并且不推荐这样做。
家庭安全摄像头捕捉到了 12 年前的那一刻-老 Rosie Wightman 在蟒蛇的嘴里发现了她的豚鼠 Maxibon。
Eumundi girl Rosie Wightman saves her guinea pig, Maxibon, from a python in the backyard.Credit: Nine News
“I saw Maxibon, and then he starts screaming and his head was underneath this little spade which was covering a python,” Rosie told KIIS 97.2 radio on Thursday.
“And then when I lifted a spade up, I see this python. And I'm like, 'Oh, crap.'”
In footage that has since gone viral on social media, Rosie leapt into action, grabbing the snake and swinging it around her Eumundi backyard in the hope the reptile would release her furry pet.
LoadingHer father ran towards her to assist – and a family dog mostly kept its distance – as the snake finally released Maxibon from its grasp.
According to the family, the snake escaped unharmed and Maxibon was left with scratches.
Zachery Richards, owner of Zachery's Snake and Reptile Relocation, said he wouldn't recommend anyone who was not trained with reptiles to swing around a
广告“她是挑拣游戏it up and spinning the snake but honestly, I was waiting for the dog or father to get bitten. It was risky,” Richards said.
“I definitely would not suggest it.”
Richards said there was a far safer and simpler solution to get a snake to release a pet from
“我家里有一套，如果蟒蛇咬了你，你拿一瓶水喷在鼻子和眼睛上，它们通常会立即松开，” he said.
“That's all we do, and it's safe for both parties involved. You don't need to be hanging onto a snake because when you grab the tail like that, it puts you at risk of getting bitten yourself.”
LoadingChantelle May Derez, a University of Queensland PhD candidate whose论文是关于蛇的重新定位，她说她很惊讶这条蟒蛇居然带着一只狗冒险进入家中的后院。
“这是一条非常年轻的蛇，所以我认为它不可能有能力to eat the guinea pig, but it was looking for an opportunistic feed. I’m surprised the dogs didn’t scare it off,” she said.
Nonetheless, Derez urged guinea pig owners not to allow their pets to roam uncontained and unsupervised. She suggested snake-proof enclosures to protect pets from roaming snakes.
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