The huge anaconda appeared at a construction site when it was noticed by the workers. They could immediately tell that something was wrong with the animal by the way it was moving and by the look of the huge lump on its body. When a veterinarian was finally able to examine the animal, they couldn’t believe what they found inside.
A Terrifying Moment
When the construction crew called a vet about the strange movements of the snake, the doctor came quickly to do an operation. The animal obviously had something in its stomach that couldn’t be digested. It could even be harming the animal.
Difficult Procedure
The veterinarian had done this procedure many times before, but she still felt nervous due to the size and strength of the anaconda. She sedated the animal when he arrived and prepped herself for the upcoming surgery. She would have to do the whole procedure in the middle of the jungle, which was what worried her most.
How Did This Get Here?
When the surgery was underway and the doctor finally got to the source of the bulge in the animal’s abdomen, the obtrusion was revealed and everyone was stunned. How was this possible?
Was the vet able to save the snake’s life? And what did they find inside the snake that was so shocking?
Construction in the Amazon
For a couple of months now, construction on a new road in the Amazon has been ongoing. Workers have been working hard to make sure this new road was finished as soon as possible but that has not been easy…
A Long Process
It has been a slow and difficult process so far as getting materials to the site has been a challenge due to the lack of available trucks and the constant dangers of the rainforest have also slowed the process down.
The Boss Was On Their Backs
Workers are way behind on schedule. They started to worry because their employer is threatening to take action if they don’t finish the job on time. The employer was even threatening to fire the workers. Therefore, the workers knew they had to take action.
No Time To Waste
They could not afford to be slowed down anymore. Their boss gave them an ultimatum until the end of the month or they would get fired. So they decided to work even harder than they did before. But they did not know that they were about to face another “BIG” obstacle.
Something In The Grass
When the workers are clearing out the path where the pavement is going to be late, one of them suddenly jumps back. He had seen something come out of the vegetation that scared him a lot.
An Anaconda!
It was an anaconda, but not just any anaconda. The biggest they had ever seen! It slowly made its way across the end of the clearing they had just made.
Going In Circles
The workers were hoping it would pass by quickly so they could continue, but it seemed like the snake decided it was going to settle here. The workers were scared and surprised at the same time. What should they do?
Moving Very Slowly
They already noticed that the animal was moving somewhat slowly. But why was the snake moving with such poor coordination? Then one of the workers suddenly saw what might be causing this problem.
Giant Lump
When the giant anaconda was about halfway out the bushes, a giant bulge could be seen on his body! The workers could barely believe their eyes, they had never seen anything like this before. They knew that they had to do something.
Slowly Approach The Snake
With the snake now firmly on the spot where they need to work, the workers knew that they had to do something. But while they knew that the snake couldn’t move on its own, they were also very scared of the animal at the same time. Then one of the workers approached the snake…
A Loud Warning
“NOO!” yelled the other workers. They warned their co-worker that the snake might act aggressively in this condition as he is trying to defend himself if he feels threatened. So the workers came up with another solution.
We Need To Find A Doctor
They decide that they will have to call somebody and try to get a hold of the nearest animal veterinarian. When the call with the vet ended, the worker that called him reacted in full shock.
The Solution
The vet says that the snake might be pregnant and is about to lay her eggs here, in the middle of the road where they were reconstructing the road. To make sure this is the case, the vet has a dangerous task for the workers…
Dangerous Mission
She tasks the workers with trying to figure out where the bulge is located on the body. To do this, the snake needs to be laid out a bit while it is mostly curled up right now. Most of the workers hesitate if they should actually do this. What if the snake attacks them? Then one of them takes control of the situation.
Everyone’s In Place
The brave worker decides that he will locate himself at the most dangerous place to make sure the others are safe. Then two other brave workers decide that they will pull on the tail of the snake to try and stretch the snake. Luck was on their side while doing this.
Low Risk
The head is quite a bit away from the end of the tail so the chances of it being able to bite them are slim. Especially with how slow the snake was moving before. But they still don’t want to take a risk, so they take extra safety measures.
Inspecting The Snake
The two men try to brace themselves and grab the snake with some of the toughest material they can find, while another worker joins them to distract the snake if necessary. With strong grips, the two men grab the tail of the snake. All of the workers are holding their breath, hoping that everything goes according to plan…
Something Is Wrong
But there was nothing they had to be worried about as the snake put up no fight whatsoever and let itself get stretched out almost fully. It is becoming more and more obvious that something is very wrong with this animal.
Her Tone Changed
Now the workers can see where the bulge is located on the body and they call the vet back to report their findings. The workers are curious about what they have to do next, as they have never seen a snake laying her eggs before. But the vets' tone changes immediately when she hears where the bulge is…
Bulge at the base of its stomach
If the bulge was due to eggs, it would be located way further back on the body. The bulge is located at about the start of the stomach, meaning it is something that is probably unable to enter the snake’s body. But what could there be inside this snake?
What Can We Do?
The snake has obviously swallowed something it shouldn’t have and probably required immediate surgery if it was to survive. There was no time to lose. But the workers didn’t know what to do. So they asked the vet what they should do. Should she come over to them? Or should they bring the snake to her? They hoped it was the first option.
Rush Hour
But for the vet, to get to the worker's location was a challenge in itself, because she did not know the exact location of the snake and the workers. Next to that, it was also rush hour, so she would probably get stuck in traffic. But she had to get there as fast as possible to give the snake the best chance of survival.
Going to the company's warehouse
One of the workers proposed to pick her up. But that would take too long. But there were still people in the company’s warehouse who knew the workers’ location exactly and how to get to the location. So the vet decided to visit the company’s warehouse.
A Difficult Ride
After explaining the situation, a manager was willing to help her and they were going to use his all-terrain jeep to traverse through the rainforest, which is never easy. The vet experiences one hell of a ride.
Heroic Journey
The journey takes about 3 hours in total. A journey on which the vet had considered many times if the life of this snake was worth wasting a whole day plus extra on it. Other animals in need might have also needed his help…
Examining the snake
But she had made a decision that she was going to have to stick with. After 3 hours she got to the snake and when she was finally able to lay eyes on the snake, she knew instantly that it was worth all this effort.
Running out of time
At the working site, the workers were also struggling with the time they had to wait for the doctor. Their fear became the truth. The snake had no intention of staying at his current place. It waited a long enough time and was trying to be on the move again. The workers did not know what to do next.
Continue to work?
Some workers wanted to just let it go as that meant they could finally continue working. Why were they caring so much about a snake in the first place? It was just an animal. They wanted to continue to do their job as they wanted to make sure they were done before their deadline. But there was not much consensus around the whole group of workers.
Taking the doctor's words to heart
Others had taken the doctor's words to heart and knew that if they let the snake go now it would certainly die. Luckily for the snake and the doctor, this group was in the overwhelming majority.
Metal sheets to the rescue
The snake was still moving very slowly, so the workers were able to block its paths back into the depths of the jungle with plates of sheet metal they had brought with them as supplies. But this measure had a big con.
Starting to worry
They could not encapsulate the snake fully so they had to keep moving to keep blocking the snake's path. The animal was obviously getting irritated by this and the workers had to be careful. The workers started to worry. Is this the right thing to do?
Working as a team
A snake of this size, even if it was not in great condition, could easily kill one of them if it got hold of them. The workers knew that they had to trust each other. It became a team effort where even the people who wanted to let the snake go help out.
Getting more aggressive
When the vet finally arrived at the site, the snake was still laying at the same place as where the workers kept him. But it became more and more obvious that this would not be the case for very long, as the snake had gotten really aggressive at this point.
Snake attack!
The snake did not even want to remove the sheet metal that the workers put there to hold the snake in place, but instantly targeted the workers that were holding the sheet metal. Many of the workers already had some close calls, but the fear for the snake increased to an all-time high now.
Sedating the snake
Some workers dropped the metal and ran back. The vet had to act quickly and knew that the only chance here was if she could quickly sedate the snake. But sedating the snake was not without certain risks.
Risk of sedative
There was always a risk that the snake might not wake up from this, considering the condition it was described to be in. But seeing it so actively trying to attack the workers, the doctor had the confidence that it would survive the injection. The only thing left was approaching the snake with the tranquilizers.
Waiting for the right moment
The vet waited for the snake to have his head turned in the other direction. After that, she slowly approached the snake and swiftly injected the sedative into the snake’s lower body. Now they had to wait until the snake was fully sedated.
Completely sedated
Over the next couple of minutes, it slowed down more and more and the vet was able to inject the snake with a couple of more sedatives which were necessary for a snake this size go completely out.
"Thank God"
After a while, the snake was completely out. Some workers dropped their knees from exhaustion and their heart rate finally dropped back to normal a bit. They’d faced possible death numerous times by now, so they were relieved that they survived.
Getting the surgery kit
Now the vet could finally turn her attention to the big bulge on the snake that she actually came for. She takes her surgery kid out of the big jeep from the company’s warehouse and sets it up to get to work.
Examining the body
She can quickly confirm her suspicions that the object is stuck at the entrance to the snake’s stomach by feeling its body. The object stuck in its body was something that the snake had swallowed and could not be broken down by the digestive system. The vet could only do one thing…
Surgery needed
At this point, there is nothing else to do but to carefully cut open the snake and get the object out of it. But surgery always comes with a risk, especially if this surgery has to be done in the middle of the rainforest. But there is no other option available.
Cutting the snake open
With the greatest precision and care, the vet cuts open the snake along with the bulge and after getting through the skin, muscle and esophagus, the source of the bulge is finally revealed to everybody. But it is not what they expected it to be…
"This can't be true"
Out of the snake came a small plastic box that baffled the vet at first, but the workers immediately knew what it was and realized what happened. But the workers also realized that this was not good news for the snake…
An icebox!
This box was their icebox, in which they kept most of their perishables like meat. However, the meat in this one had gone bad so they left it out of the truck because it smelled really bad. But they still couldn’t figure out how the snake found this icebox as they thought they put it away safely.
Almost fatal
The snake must have picked up the scent and thought it was prey so it swallowed it as a whole. But it sadly quickly learned the consequences of an error that might be fatal to the snake.
Implanting a tracking chip
With the icebox removed, the vet quickly starts stitching up the snake again. While she does this, she also chips the snake to track its movement and see if it survives in the ordeal in the long run. Then they wake up the snake, hoping it will not be aggressive anymore.
Fully healthy again
It takes about a few minutes for the snake to wake up. It is still dazed and confused at first. But after a while, it starts crawling away a lot faster than it was before the surgery. After the snake was gone again in the forest, the vet had one thing left that she needed to do…
Satisfied vet
She thanked the workers for their incredible effort to keep the snake and themselves safe. After this, she went back to the city where she has more patients waiting for her. To make sure the snake was okay, the vet did one last thing.
Monitoring the snake
She monitored the snake's behavior via the chip she planted. The snake is behaving completely normal and the vet can confidently say that the operation has been a success. She saved the animal’s life.
The events of this story are entirely fictional and are products of the author’s imagination. Images included are meant for illustration purposes only. Any resemblance to actual events, places or persons, living or dead, are entirely coincidental.