Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 19 (ANI): Two giant pythons were rescued from inside JCB at Palligumula village of Berhampur district of Odisha on Sunday. They were found during the beautification work at a reservoir site inside a huge pipe.

One 7-feet-long-python was rescued quickly, while the 11-feet-long took refuge inside JCB. After a 4-hour-long rescue operation, both the pythons were released into the wildlife, officials said.

"A team of snake rescuer received a call around 9 pm on Sunday and reached the spot around 9.30 pm. They rescued one python which was on the top of the JCB machine easily. But another snake which was 11-feet long was inside the machine. It took over four hours to rescue it," said Swadhin Kumar Sahu, a snake rescuer. (ANI)

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