Man finds python latched onto his puppy’s bottom

A Queensland man woke up on the morning of his birthday to a very different kind of surprise. 

Mark Chapman, from Kiels Mountain in the state’s southeast, had barely taken a sip of his morning coffee when he noticed his puppy in an unfortunate position.

His jack russell dog, named Widget, had a python’s fangs lodged in his rear and was slowly beginning to eat him, the Sunshine Coast Daily reports.

Mr Chapman and his wife Helen quickly leaped into action to try and remove the snake from their beloved canine.

Mr Chapman (pictured) and his wife Helen quickly leaped into action to try and remove the snake from their beloved canine

In an impressive feat of quick-thinking, the man submerged the snake – and Widget’s rear end – underwater and was able to shake it off.

‘We held the snake under water in the pool and it eventually released our dog,’ Mrs Chapman told the publication.

‘My husband released the snake into the bush and asked it not to try and eat our dog again.’

In an impressive feat of quick-thinking, the man submerged the snake – and Widget’s (pictured) rear end – underwater and was able to shake it off

Mr Chapman said if he hadn’t stepped in, the python would have eventually swallowed the pup. 

The warmer weather across Australia means more and more reptiles are slithering into backyards.

The country’s soaring temperatures this summer has seen more snake sightings in urban areas in Queensland and other states.