Days after a video of a labourer in Kerala being saved from the grip of a python went viral, an extended version of the video has surfaced and shows how the man was carrying the snake across his shoulders before it coiled around his neck. The earlier clip that went viral showed one Bhuvanachandran Nair with a python coiled around his neck and trying to choke him. A longer video of the incident shows how Nair was walking with others with the python slung over his shoulders. Many can be seen filming the video and some can even be heard commenting in Malayalam about its “viral value”. Once Nair was saved, the python was put in a sack and handed over to the forest officials, who later released it into the forest.

Source: Indian Express October 21, 2019 08:26 UTC