Python Gets Electrocuted After Climbing Electrical Pole

A python was electrocuted after it climbed on an electric pole at Sebastian Road along Kaloor-Kadavanthra Sunday.

According to a source, the reptile was discovered by a family who lived near the area. They said that they found the reptile while climbing the pole and immediately called the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) when it “was about to reach the top portion.”

In an effort to save the animal from any imminent danger, KSEB officers switched off the power supply.

It was, however, too late as the python had already coiled itself on the electric wires and was electrocuted.

Dinesh, a sub engineer of the KSEB and Fidar of the KSEB Kaloor office arrived at the scene where the python was seen where they “started procedures to take the dead python down.”

Lineman Abdul Jaleel was instructed to retrieve the dead snake from the pole, the source added.

The carcass of the python was handed over to the Kodanad forest department.

The same incident was also reported in Chachoengsao, Thailand last year when wildlife officials and rescuers had a “two-hour tug-of-war” with a 12-foot python that found its way on an electrical post.

Newsflare said that the serpent coiled itself around the concrete pole where it “stalked birds perching on live cables.”

Officials also applied the same strategy of turning off the power supply after residents feared that the reptile might trip one of live wires and cause an “electrical explosion” and leave the entire south central province without power.

The outlet added that veterinarians “struggled” to rescue the “stubborn serpent” despite having its neck lassoed and two others “battered it with long extendable sticks.”

Shortly after the power was turned off, rescuers used a cherry picker to “pounce” on the snake before grabbing it by the throat.

“The snake liked it up there and didn't want to come down,” said Somachi Somboon who called the rescuers to take the snake down from the electrical pole.

The python was carried down the pole and was placed in a sack. Responding officers from the Bangwuakanarak council released the serpent on a nearby undergrowth several miles away from where it was found.

A chilling video was also shared by Cathy Gall via her Facebook page that showed a huge carpet python devouring a currawong while dangling from a TV antenna.

Gall, who captured that video while on the roof of her house at Kingscliff, Australia, said that it took the snake “an hour and a half” to eat the bird.