JohnCenaFan28
10-08-2008, 12:48 AM
A zoo owner had to be rescued in Germany when a 12ft snake began trying to eat her head.
Renate Klosse was cleaning its cage when the nine-stone tiger python named Antonia clamped its jaws on her face.
She tried to relieve the pressure from its 70 teeth by sticking her thumbs into its jawbone, reports The Sun.
Colleagues sprayed it with hoses until it slithered off at Uhldingen Zoo near Stuttgart. Renate was treated for bites and shock.
A police spokeswoman said: "Its jaws opened so wide that it was able to completely cover the woman's face."
Python expert Jan Knoll explained: "Pressure on the jaw would have given the reptile pain. The water would have made it lose its sense of smell and disorientate it."
-Ananova
Renate Klosse was cleaning its cage when the nine-stone tiger python named Antonia clamped its jaws on her face.
She tried to relieve the pressure from its 70 teeth by sticking her thumbs into its jawbone, reports The Sun.
Colleagues sprayed it with hoses until it slithered off at Uhldingen Zoo near Stuttgart. Renate was treated for bites and shock.
A police spokeswoman said: "Its jaws opened so wide that it was able to completely cover the woman's face."
Python expert Jan Knoll explained: "Pressure on the jaw would have given the reptile pain. The water would have made it lose its sense of smell and disorientate it."
-Ananova