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06-29-2016, 07:23 PM
Firefighters wrestle gigantic 8 foot snake from British woman's fireplace
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LONDON — There are probably quite a few advantages to keeping an 8-foot-long snake as a pet — we imagine it would make a pretty effective guard dog, for one thing — but there are also some inevitable problems.
Billy the boa constrictor recently caused something of an uproar after he decided to investigate the inside of his owner's gas fire — only to get himself well and truly stuck.
SEE ALSO: Billy the bull gets his head stuck in a tree, fire service storms to the rescue (http://mashable.com/2015/10/27/bull-head-stuck-in-tree-rescue/)
Gainsborough Fire Station — who had to be called to the scene to help free Billy — shared the following images on Twitter in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/29/snake-fireplace-rescue/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LONDON — There are probably quite a few advantages to keeping an 8-foot-long snake as a pet — we imagine it would make a pretty effective guard dog, for one thing — but there are also some inevitable problems.
Billy the boa constrictor recently caused something of an uproar after he decided to investigate the inside of his owner's gas fire — only to get himself well and truly stuck.
SEE ALSO: Billy the bull gets his head stuck in a tree, fire service storms to the rescue (http://mashable.com/2015/10/27/bull-head-stuck-in-tree-rescue/)
Gainsborough Fire Station — who had to be called to the scene to help free Billy — shared the following images on Twitter in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/29/snake-fireplace-rescue/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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