00:00On Australia's Sunshine Coast.
00:05I reckon maybe a ladder is going to be a better way to go,
00:07because I don't really have a whole lot of room.
00:09Jess is attempting to remove a six-foot carpet python
00:13from her mum's backyard.
00:14Yeah, if this snake's going to keep coming towards you like that
00:17and, you know, potentially defend itself and bite you in the face,
00:20you may have to go a gentle head grab if you can.
00:23I don't thoroughly enjoy a head grab.
00:25Well, you might have to.
00:26But you're right, like I'm fully in your strike zone right now.
00:29Let's see.
00:30Alright, we'll go grab the ladder.
00:31Alright.
00:33Even though we're just dealing with a carpet python here,
00:35which are obviously harmless, no venom, anything like that,
00:37they've still got a mouth full of teeth.
00:39And Jess, she's only a small girl and she's going to be up at head height,
00:43which is not great for anybody catching a snake
00:45when the snake is at face level.
00:52I reckon Stewie, I reckon if we go over here
00:56and that way I can grab them from the back
00:58and there's a bit more open space.
00:59Oh, yeah, yeah?
01:00Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:01Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:02Yeah, cool.
01:03Alright, you say.
01:05So you haven't really done a head grab before, hey?
01:07I prefer not to head grab if I don't have to, for sure.
01:09Yeah, that's it.
01:10And I guess in this situation where it's at your face level
01:13and where it's up high, the other thing is it can happen if we start tickling it
01:18and we go to grab it, we don't want it to fall either.
01:20Yeah.
01:21Even though it's three metres, it'll survive the fall, but the fact it's got a food on its belly
01:25could do some damage.
01:26You want to hand him pretty gently too, hey, with that food item.
01:28Yeah.
01:29Alright, so he's just turned back around, so he's right back at my face level,
01:35which isn't awesome, but I might just try and still grab him from the back you reckon?
01:40Still on that head?
01:41Oh, no.
01:42Or do you reckon just try and...
01:43Maybe try and use the hook a bit just to manipulate his head around a bit
01:47and see where he wants to go.
01:52Okay, so he's going up.
01:53Oh, gotta go.
01:54Go up, Jess.
01:55Just grab him by the end.
01:56By the tail?
01:57Yeah, yeah, just grab him anywhere.
01:59Yep.
02:00Oh, watch his.
02:01His face is coming back in.
02:02I'll use this to, you don't worry about the head, I've got the head.
02:05Alright.
02:06You could even come from underneath there and grab him gently behind the head.
02:09Yeah.
02:10Even come underneath or just, yeah, just be careful.
02:17That's it.
02:18Nice and gentle.
02:19Slowly work your way up.
02:20Even if he brings his head back toward through your hand, you can do it that way.
02:24Yeah, perfect.
02:25Nice.
02:26Now grab the...
02:27Perfect.
02:28Got him.
02:29Alright, come down pretty quick because we don't want to...
02:31He's wrapping me.
02:32That's right, let him wrap around that one hand.
02:34You've been nice and gentle, that's it.
02:35Come straight down.
02:36Because we want to release that head grab ASAP just to make sure he's not too stressed.
02:41He's not too stressed.
02:42He's not too stressed.
02:43He's not too stressed.
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