{"id":9305,"date":"2025-07-24T09:50:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=9305"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:50:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:50:35","slug":"%f0%9f%90%8d-wholesome-story-time-python-stuck-in-pipe-gets-a-happy-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=9305","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udc0d WHOLESOME STORY TIME \u2013 Python Stuck in Pipe Gets a Happy Ending!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, our team responded to an unusual rescue mission\u2014a <strong>python trapped inside a downpipe<\/strong>, possibly for <em>several days<\/em>! After trying multiple techniques, we realized the poor snake had <strong>looped back on itself three times<\/strong> and was completely stuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-704-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-704-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-704-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-704-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-704.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rather than risk injuring it, we carefully <strong>unscrewed the entire pipe<\/strong> and rushed it\u2014snake still inside\u2014to the incredible <strong>Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital<\/strong>. The vets placed the whole pipe in a <strong>warm enclosure overnight<\/strong>, hoping the heat would help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf1e And it worked!<br>By morning, the snake had warmed up, gained energy, and <strong>gently unraveled itself out of the pipe<\/strong>, completely unharmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-705-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-705-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-705-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-705-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-705.png 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next day, we picked up both the snake <em>and<\/em> the pipe and returned to the customer\u2019s home. They owned a large, beautiful property with native bushland and kindly requested we <strong>release the snake back into its natural habitat\u2014right there<\/strong>. \ud83e\udd79<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A happy ending for both the snake and the pipe!<\/strong><br>Huge thanks to the amazing team at Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital, and to compassionate humans who truly respect wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-706-772x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-706-772x1024.png 772w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-706-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-706-768x1019.png 768w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-706-1158x1536.png 1158w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-706.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, our team responded to an unusual rescue mission\u2014a python trapped inside a downpipe, possibly for several days! After trying multiple techniques, we realized the poor snake had looped back on itself three times and was completely stuck. Rather than risk injuring it, we carefully unscrewed the entire pipe and rushed it\u2014snake still inside\u2014to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[308],"tags":[1350,1131,1349,1348,1351],"class_list":["post-9305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal","tag-australiazoo","tag-pythonrescue","tag-snakerescue","tag-wholesomewildlife","tag-wildlifeheroes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9309,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9305\/revisions\/9309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}