Huge Snake Captured After 'Tug Of War' With Officials, Video Shows

A huge reticulated python was captured after a "tug of war" with officials in Singapore on Sunday.

In a Facebook post, Chia Ming Ho, who spotted the snake, said he was strolling at night when he saw the eight-foot-long snake slithering out from a water canal. He immediately contacted government agency National Parks Board and waited for the officials to arrive.

In the meantime, he "monitored" the reptile’s movement and warned passersby about it. However, just before the officials arrived, the reptile "camouflaged into the bush." It then burrowed itself in soil.

"It took sometimes for the them to identify the whereabouts (kudos and thanks to their expertise and professional dedication not to take it lightly). The two men had tug of war with the snake and finally caught it," he wrote.

Video of the rescue showed the two officials having a "tug of war" with the reptile to pull it out from the soil. While one of the men can be seen holding the snake’s head with a pair of snake tongs, the other person is seen using equipment to loosen the soil. The reptile was eventually placed in a black bag and relocated.

"Was told the snake will be sent to the zoo, I will visit it in my next zoo visit," Ming Ho wrote in in the Facebook post.

The video has since gone viral with people calling the snake "dangerous" and "scary."

"Pythons play an important role in regulating the ecosystem by naturally keeping the population of pests such as rodents low," Choon Beng, Director of Wildlife Management and Outreach at the agency, told Asia One. "The reticulated python is native to Singapore and is occasionally encountered in urban areas."

Earlier this month, a video of a local pest control company officials in Jurong West, Singapore, mishandling a python while trying to remove it from a drain went viral on social media, causing outrage.