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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
Fri May 23, 2014, 03:29 AM May 2014

Zoo visitors can get a massage from four giant PYTHONS

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Fearless tourists are taking up a slithering spa treatment with a difference - by receiving massages from four giant pythons.

Visitors to Cebu City Zoo in the Philippines can undergo a ’sssspa treatment’ from the deadly snakes which measure up to five metres long.

The four Burmese pythons slither across participants for up to 15 minutes - and the snakes are fed 10 chickens beforehand to curb any hunger pangs.

The terrifying treatment is free for zoo visitors, and is apparently beneficial because the snakes’ slithering is therapeutic and calming.

Zoo bosses also claim the flickering of the snakes’ tongue on skin mimics a tickling sensation.
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https://uk.news.yahoo.com/snake-massage-philippines--burmese-python-spa-treatment-at-cebu-city-zoo-135103854.html#CndW6KT

What could possibly go wrong?

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Zoo visitors can get a massage from four giant PYTHONS (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries May 2014 OP
There are 3 basic ways to free yourself from a python: DetlefK May 2014 #1
I will keep that advice engraved on my heart Demeter May 2014 #2
Calm down, I saw it on a documentary. ;-) DetlefK May 2014 #4
Which few people have when running afoul of one. Are_grits_groceries May 2014 #3
Especially if squeezed in the sensitive places Demeter May 2014 #5
Just go with the scaly flow :) Helen Borg May 2014 #6
Now I know what to take next time I go to the zoo. bearssoapbox May 2014 #7

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
1. There are 3 basic ways to free yourself from a python:
Fri May 23, 2014, 05:08 AM
May 2014

1. Pour alcohol in his eyes and he will retreat.

2. Pour alcohol in his mouth and he will retreat.

3. Douse him with warm water (or piss on him) and the warmth will cause him to relax and you can free yourself.

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
2. I will keep that advice engraved on my heart
Fri May 23, 2014, 06:03 AM
May 2014

and I really don't want to know why or how you found out...

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