Novice animal rescuer injured by snakebites while learning to remove snake from kitchen
- 4 years ago
A novice animal rescue officer in Indonesia was injured after being bitten twice by a snake while learning to remove it from a kitchen.
Footage filmed in Bukittinggi city on Saturday (January 22) shows a green vine snake, about five-feet-long, perched on a kitchen wall hanger.
Riki, an animal rescue officer from the Bukittinggi Reptile Animal Community (B-Reptanic), then tries to grab the snake by its tail, with the guidance of a senior animal rescuer.
After several failed attempts, during which the snake bit Riki's hands, the reptile is caught.
Two scars from a snake bite were seen in Riki's hand with the snake's teeth left stuck in his hand. Luckily vine snakes are non-venomous and their bites are only likely to itch.
Riki said: "The snake jumped at me. My hands in front of my chest when I wanted to move to catch him, he first attacked and bit my hand. Yes, as I was just learning to catch snakes,"
After captured, the snake brought by the B-Reptanic community to its headquarters to quarantined. Snakes will be released back to their natural habitat if the condition of the snake is possible.
Footage filmed in Bukittinggi city on Saturday (January 22) shows a green vine snake, about five-feet-long, perched on a kitchen wall hanger.
Riki, an animal rescue officer from the Bukittinggi Reptile Animal Community (B-Reptanic), then tries to grab the snake by its tail, with the guidance of a senior animal rescuer.
After several failed attempts, during which the snake bit Riki's hands, the reptile is caught.
Two scars from a snake bite were seen in Riki's hand with the snake's teeth left stuck in his hand. Luckily vine snakes are non-venomous and their bites are only likely to itch.
Riki said: "The snake jumped at me. My hands in front of my chest when I wanted to move to catch him, he first attacked and bit my hand. Yes, as I was just learning to catch snakes,"
After captured, the snake brought by the B-Reptanic community to its headquarters to quarantined. Snakes will be released back to their natural habitat if the condition of the snake is possible.