A woman was bitten on her bum by a carpet python - but she initially didn't realise what had happened.
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Helen Richards - who lives in Brisbane, Australia - suffered the unfortunate accident when she made a late-night trip to the loo
She subsequently called out snake catchers to retrieve the snake from her toilet.
The snake catchers shared the woman's story on Facebook, saying: ''Unfortunately, the snakes preferred exit point was blocked after being spooked by the customer sitting down and it simply lashed out in fear. It showed no defensive behaviour after this point.
''Our snake catcher arrived promptly, with first aid in hand, so that the customer could clean herself up and get some antiseptic spray on the few small puncture marks left by the snake.
''Fortunately for us, the customer remained calm and remembered not to flush the toilet, as flushing could cause the snake to retreat down into the pipes again.''