animal is reared up behind the toilet and appears to be trying to climb the wall. The python then flickers its tongue in and out as it tries to escape.Mr Zhang, from the city of Shenzhen in China, said the serpent looked like a Burmese python (Python bivittatus) and measured about 1.5 metres (five feet) in length.Talking to Jiangsu Television, Mr Zhang said: "About 8am yesterday, my nephew opened the door and saw a python."The snake was curled up in the water of a plastic basin.”The tropical predator is thought to have escaped its owner’s home before taking shelter in Mr Zhang’s 8th-floor bathroom due to heat, with daytime temperatures in Shenzhen rising to 38C, a report by Shenzhen News said.Local authorities helped capture the python and.
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