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Snake triumphantly slithers back into an aircon, rat in jaw

You should probably check your aircon today.
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Yi Shu Ng
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If you're afraid of snakes, you might want to look away now.

In a now-viral video, a snake slowly slithers back into an aircon unit with a large rat in its mouth.

The video, which started circulating in China and Thailand, features a reticulated python dangling out of an old aircon unit:

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A man in the background says in Chinese: "What are mice most afraid of?"

A woman exclaims in response: "I think it's going back in!"

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Users commented on how the homeowners clearly had a problem:

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"Quickly! Tear down the whole house!"

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MoBei: "If it were me, I might not want the aircon anymore." AThirstyFox: "I might not want the house."

Some felt that nature was just too much, tbh:

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"I feel like I'm in Australia."

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"That home has a really great ecosystem."

Others showed appreciation to the snake for doing nature's work:

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"Snake: 'I'm not freeloading at your place, I'm helping you catch rats here!'"

Others were just plain alarmed:

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"Just scrolling through Weibo when I saw this, and I dropped my phone! It was smashed."

Last year in Singapore, wildlife rescue volunteers dismantled an aircon unit to remove a nest of Paradise Tree snakes living within:

So yeah, you should definitely inspect your aircon unit. Like, right now.

Topics Animals

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Yi Shu Ng

I am an intern with Mashable Asia, focusing on viral news, lifestyle news and feature news in the region.

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