出てくる、出てくる！長～いビーチタオルを飲み込んだヘビの驚き映像

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オーストラリアでヘビの口から長いタオルが引き抜かれる、驚きの映像が撮影された。

ペットとして飼われていたニシキヘビ

その動画を撮影したのは、シドニーにある動物病院「Small Animal Specialist Hospital」のスタッフだ。

この病院に先日、ペットとして飼われていたメスのカーペットニシキヘビが連れてこられたという。

そのヘビは「モンティパイソン」と名付けられ、飼い主はヘビがビーチタオルを飲み込んだと訴えたそうだ。

想像以上に長いタオルを飲み込んでいた

そこで獣医がヘビの口の中に内視鏡を挿入。先端についたカメラの映像を見ながら、タオルの端をキャッチした。

そしてタオルの端を口元まで引き寄せると、ゆっくりと引っ張り出すことに成功。しかしそのタオルは想像以上に長いことが明らかとなる。その時の映像がこちら。（胃の内部の映像もあるため、閲覧にはご注意いただきたい）

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‼️Monty Python and The Missing Beach Towel ‼️ We see all kinds of interesting cases here at our Avian and Exotics Department, but it's not every day we see something quite as unusual and as extraordinary as this case. Monty is an 18 year old Female Jungle Carpet Python weighing 5 kg and 3 m long, who presented to Dr Olivia Clarke at our Avian and Exotics Department at @sash_vets as she was seen eating an entire beach towel whole the night before! Monty was anaesthetised and radiographs were taken to confirm the location of the start of the towel which was approximately 1m from the head and we marked this location with tape. A flexible endoscope was placed down Monty's gastrointestinal tract, which allowed us to visualise the end of the towel sitting her stomach. With assistance from our internal medicine team, very long forceps were placed through the endoscope and used to grasp the towel. Once we had a good grip, the towel was able to be carefully removed from the gastrointestinal tract with endoscopic guidance. It was smiles all round and we are happy to report that both Monty and the beach towel have lived to see another day! Monty was discharged from hospital the same day and her owner reports she is back to her happy, hungry self!

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