A guard was filming a python when the animal suddenly attacked him

Moment of the incident between the python and Jay Brewer (Photos and video: Instagram / jayprehistoricpets)

Jay Brewer knows wild animals and he knows social media: on his Instagram account, where he shares some of the most amazing videos about animal life, he has over 2.2 million followers.

In the last hours, a video in which he shows how a python approached his face to bite him has become a real viral sensation.

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As the founder of the California Reptile Zoo in the United States, Jay He had the reflexes to dodge the snake’s feint and come out unharmed. “Do you realize how smart this snake is?” I just stopped looking at her for a second, I knew I wasn’t ready to run and I acted, ”he explained, quoted by the portal. 20Minutes, from Spain.

“It was very close!” Commented one user. “Lucky you were wearing that hat,” said another, to which someone replied, “He almost grabbed your face!” One user told him, “The truth is, you have the best job in the world.” Jay’s response? “It’s debatable but I love it.”

So far, the video has garnered over 102,000 likes and over 1,500 comments on Brewer’s Instagram account, which is packed with other videos of his close encounters with exotic animals. What is said a true follower of the danger.

Snakes in houses

In another part of the United States, a snake crawled into Gus West’s house. It happened in Texas, in August 2020, and it also went viral.

“I don’t know how it got there,” the American said in response to one of the post’s 43 comments.

Fortunately, things did not happen to adults as the intruder was a bull snake (Pituophis catenifer), a harmless colubrid named after the sound it makes, similar to the growls and growls of a bull, according to what the herpetologists of the “Cuban Wikipedia” Ecured.

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In 2016, Attaporn Boonmakchuay was less fortunate: 10ft python slipped down pipe at home in Thailand and bit his penis using the toilet. The man, who had to be hospitalized, told local media he struggled for 30 minutes to get rid of the animal. With the help of a neighbor, his wife tied a rope around the snake, and Attaporn was then able to pry open the animal’s jaws before passing out.

And in 2019, an Australian woman came across a snake in the toilet … who decided to bite her while relieving herself.