SYDNEY - A mother in Australia has saved her son by ripping off a three-metre python that was biting his face.
The parent in Macksville rips snake off her son's face after she was woken by his screams during the night
The parent, identified only as Tammy on social media, woke up to the screams of her son Tyler duirng the night on Thursday after the snake entered their home in Macksville, northern New South Wales.
The boy, who was sleeping in the top part of a bunk bed, was awoken when the reptile slithered under the sheets and bit him on the hand.
It then started attacking his face before Tammy rushed in, snatched it away and called for help.
A friend of the family, Craig Baker, killed the snake. In a photo of it posted on Facebook, the snake dangles from above his head down to the ground.
The post on the social networking site, which has since been shared thousands of times, says Tyler is now doing well.
