The boy's 76-year-old grandfather dived in and scooped out the youngster, still entangled with the snake, before he was then prised free from the reptile's deadly grip, used to suppress prey.
A five-year-old boy in Australia has survived being bitten and crushed by a python the length of a car that dragged him into a swimming pool.
Beau Blake had been playing at the edge of the pool at the family home in Byron Bay, New South Wales, when the 10ft snake struck from undergrowth.Rushing to the rescue, the boy's 76-year-old grandfather, Allan, dived into the pool and scooped out Beau, still entangled with the snake."I'm not a little lad... [so] I had him released within 15-20 seconds," he said.More on Australia
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