ANIMAL KINGDOM : Puppy Saved From Snake Belly
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A couple saved a 7-day-old puppy from the belly of a python after they heard faint yelping inside the snake and forced it to cough up the pet, a newspaper reported today. Two other puppies died.
Magda and Hennie Botha told the Star newspaper they heard their terrier barking frantically outside her kennel on their farm. When they rushed outside, the python was curled up inside the kennel, the puppies were gone and the couple said they heard faint yelps from inside the snake’s stomach.
Botha said while his wife held the snake’s tail, he shook the head up and down and rubbed its bulging stomach. The reptile’s jaws gaped and out came the three puppies. Two were dead.
Magda Botha massaged the third puppy’s chest and moved its front legs until it began breathing again, the Star said.
The snake was dropped off several miles away the next day.
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