TIMES COLONIST (Victoria, British Columbia) 13 December 06 Aussie wildlife worker removes a toilet snake
Sydney, Australia: A wildlife worker pulled a two-metre-long python from a septic tank today after a plumber found it hiding in a domestic toilet, officials said.
Peter Phillips, of the Northern Territory's Parks and Wildlife Service, was called to remove the snake after a plumber fixing a blocked toilet discovered it curled in the pipes.
Phillips removed the snake, which is indigenous to Australia, from the septic tank because it had grown too big to be pulled straight from the toilet.
"The tank was obviously a great home, because the snake was so fat and healthy it was difficult to retrieve it," Phillips said, adding that the non-poisonous snake would be released today.
Aussie wildlife worker removes a toilet snake