Rare 1.7m long python crawls into apartment building in HCMC

On November 25, speaking with Dan Tri newspaper reporters, the leader of the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department said that the unit had just received a python handed over by residents at My Phuoc apartment building, Ward 2 (Binh Thanh district).

The python was put in a net bag and transferred to the rescue station (Photo: Minh Huy).

"The python weighs 4.8 kg, is 1.7 m long, has the scientific name Python bivittatus, belongs to group IIB in the list of rare and endangered wild animals. The animal caught a chicken of a nearby resident and crawled through the apartment lobby, where it was discovered by residents," the officer said.

Previously, on the afternoon of November 22, residents living at My Phuoc apartment building (Binh Thanh district) discovered a python crawling back to the parking area at block C of the apartment building.

The apartment management and security guards captured the animal and looked for its owner, but no one came to claim it, so they reported it to the forest rangers.

Forest rangers come to receive the python (Photo: Minh Huy).

On the evening of November 23, officers from the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department came to receive the python and brought it to the Cu Chi District Wildlife Rescue Station for care before releasing it back into the wild.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/xa-hoi/tran-quy-hiem-dai-17m-bo-vao-chung-cu-o-tphcm-20231125165226331.htm