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This is the incredible moment a 12 year old girl from Eumundi, Queensland, Australia, bravely rescued her guinea pig from the jaws of a huge snake.
The footage, shared by Australian radio host Kip Wightman, shows his niece Rosie Wightman searching for her pet guinea pig MaxiBon in her backyard.
She can be seen walking towards a bush, then squatting down low to the ground before reaching back behind the bush.
When she reached behind the bush, a black dog ran toward her, and Rosie then emerged with a large snake in her hand.
Suddenly, she pulls out the snake with MaxiBon in its mouth.
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Rosie told 7News Australia: “Didn’t even think it through. I was just like, ‘grab the snake, grab the snake.'”
After Rosie swung the snake around five times, her dad Luke Wightman stepped in to help.
He cautiously picked up the snake and threw it over the fence.
Despite the scary encounter, MaxiBon seemed unharmed.
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Wightman said: “I’m proud that my Rosie, at 12 years old, had the guts to pick up a snake and save her pet’s life.”
The snake was reported to have a brown body with a pale belly, which could indicate several different species, including a harmless python or a deadly eastern brown snake.
Zachery Richards, owner of Zachery’s Snake and Reptile Relocation, said he wouldn’t recommend anyone who was not trained with reptiles to swing around a snake.
He suggested the safest course of action would be to “get a spray bottle of water and spray them on the nose and eyes and they generally let go straight away”.
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