A 3-meter long python is caught after it was brought down atop an electric post this morning, in Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City. | Paul Lauro
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — THREE-METER LONG reticulated python, locally known as baksan, caused a stir in Sitio LPC, Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City at past 8 a.m., today, February 15.
The python was found atop an electric post near a transformer in the area.
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This attracted curious residents and bystanders to gather near the electric post and to take photos or gawk at the snake coiled around the post and near the transformer.
Power was cut off in the area and employees of an electric firm arrived to bring down the snake from the post.
It took more than an hour to bring down the snake and catch it.
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The snake, which was 10 kilos, was later turned over to workers of the Mandaue City Environment and Resources Office (MCENRO).
Here are some scenes of how the 3-meter, 10 kilo-reticulated python, was caught.
A reticulated python is seen wrapped around the top of an electric post near a transformer in Sitio LPC, Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City. at past 8 a.m., today, February 15. | Paul Lauro
An electric firm contractor using a long pole tries to forcefully bring down a 3-meter long python coiled around the top of an electric post in Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City today, February 15. | Paul Lauro
Several residents and curious bystanders gather in the area where a python is seen atop an electric post in Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City. | Paul Lauro
Python Mandaue. The python is caught and placed inside a sack. | Paul Lauro
The python that was forcefully brought down from atop an electric post and caught weighed 10 kilos.| Paul Lauro
Aside from photos of how the baksan was caught, here are also some videos of the ruckus this morning caused by the snake this morning in Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City.
