Lots of people would flip and run in the event that they noticed a snake of their yard, however one 12-year-old woman leapt into motion when she noticed a snake going after a beloved household pet.
Snakes aren’t creatures you wish to mess with in the event you’re not aware of them.
Some species of the creatures swallow their prey complete when looking – and that features absolutely grown people if the reptile is especially hungry that day.
Snakes could be frequent pets, nevertheless it wasn’t a resident pet that appeared within the backyard of 12-year-old Rosie Wightman when she was enjoying exterior lately.
In footage shared by Rosie’s uncle, Brisbane radio persona Kip Wightman, Rosie could possibly be seen walking over to a nook of the yard in Australia and crouching over a shrub the place her guinea pig, MaxiBon, had ventured.
The 12-year-old appeared to comply with the guinea pig because it scurried from behind the bush, however impulsively Rosie knelt down and grabbed one thing from the bottom.
The footage caught the second she stood up straight with a snake gripped in her palm, and MaxiBon the guinea pig hanging from the snake’s fangs.
Knowing she needed to free MaxiBon, Rosie proceeded to swing the snake dramatically across the backyard to try to encourage the snake to launch its grip.
The poor guinea pig would not have had a clue what was occurring because the world became a blur round it and it crashed into objects within the backyard, however extremely Rosie’s method labored as she threw the snake to the bottom and MaxiBon fled again into the bushes.
Speaking to 7News after the dramatic rescue, Rosie admitted she did not suppose twice about serving to the guinea pig.
“Didn’t even think it through,” she said. “I was just like, ‘grab the snake, grab the snake’.”
It’s not a technique I’d necessarily recommend, but Rosie’s dad, Luke Wightman shared his pride for his daughter after he’d rushed into the garden to see what all the fuss was about.
“I’m proud that my Rosie, at 12 years old, had the guts to pick up a snake and save her pet’s life,” he mentioned.
It’s unclear precisely what sort of snake tried to make a meal out of MaxiBon, with the footage indicating it could possibly be something from a lethal jap brown snake or a less-threatening – although nonetheless scary – python.
Whatever the snake was, the excellent news is that it did not handle to flee with MaxiBon and the guinea pig appears to be doing nice after his scary encounter.
