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GiadinhNet – A python over 5m long and weighing 80kg was caught alive after eating the pet dog of Sebastien, France. This father allowed his children to have contact with the python after pulling it ashore.
Sebastien Bascoules, 39, a math teacher waded into a dry river, grappling with a giant carnivorous python just hours after it captured his pet dog. Photo: Sebastien Bascoules/Barcroft
Sebastien, who lives in Matoury, Guiana, France, pulled the python ashore. He said: “A friend called me and said that my pet dog had been eaten by a python near my house. I was surprised when I saw this giant animal. I thought it was small. “. Photo: Sebastien Bascoules/Barcroft
The python is more than 5 meters long and weighs 80 kilograms. Photo: Sebastien Bascoules/Barcroft
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The father allowed his children: Noam – 11, Solal – 8 years old and Mano – 5 years old to have contact with the python after pulling it to land. Photo: Sebastien Bascoules/Barcroft
“Since I was 10 I’ve loved catching reptiles and this is the biggest python I’ve ever seen and caught,” Bascoules said. Photo: Sebastien Bascoules/Barcroft
“It was so big, I had to ask my friend to help me catch its tail. Otherwise, it could have strangled me.” Photo: Sebastien Bascoules/Barcroft
Sebastien said that by the time he and his neighbor caught the snake, it was too late to remove it from the residential area. So Sebastien left it overnight in the family bath.
“My wife was worried he might escape from the bathroom at night. But I took a cloth over his eyes and he looked like a giant worm.” Photo: Sebastien Bascoules/Barcroft
The next day, Sebastien took the python to a swamp six miles away and released it. Photo: Sebastien Bascoules/Barcroft
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