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8kg Burmese python found at workshop in suburban Ho Chi Minh City

8kg Burmese python found at workshop in suburban Ho Chi Minh City

Thursday, December 28, 2023, 12:13 GMT+7
8kg Burmese python found at workshop in suburban Ho Chi Minh City
A forest protection officer holds a bag containing an 8kg Burmese python which was handed over to forest protection rangers by Pham Trong Vinh after he spotted the reptile in the yard of a workshop in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ngoc Khai / Tuoi Tre

A local man has handed over a two-meter long, eight-kilogram python to forest protection officers in Ho Chi Minh City.

The municipal Forest Protection Department reported on Wednesday that they received a python from Pham Trong Vinh.

Vinh later informed Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that he and two others had captured the python in the yard of a workshop located in the outlying district of Binh Chanh in the city.

He handed the animal over to forest protection officers in the hope that it would be released back into the wild.

The forest protection authority confirmed that the reptile is a Burmese python, scientifically known Python bivittatus, which is on the list of rare and endangered species.

Vinh revealed that he has handed a total number of three pythons found in the workshop yard and on the street over to the department.

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Hong Ngan - Ngoc Khai / Tuoi Tre News

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