A python was taken to the vets after swallowing an entire BEACH TOWEL.

The 18-year-old female Jungle Carpet Python named Monty was looking for a late-night snack when she devoured the item in her owner's home in Sydney, Australia.

Monty's worried family caught her swallowing the towel and took her to the Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH) on February 24.

Incredible footage shows how vets performed a ''life-saving procedure'' by pulling the towel from Monty's mouth.

Dr Olivia Clarke said it was the first time they had ever received a snake that had swallowed a towel.

The hospital said that Monty, who weighs five kilograms and is three meters long, had to have radiographs to confirm the cloth's location within the serpent, who was then anaesthetised for the procedure.

Next, they used a flexible endoscope to see the end of the towel and forceps were placed through the endoscope to grab the fabric.

The process was caught on video. "Wow," they could be heard exclaiming. "Oh my God!"

The snake was let out of the hospital the same day and was returned to her owners, who said that she was "back to her happy, hungry self."

"We see all kinds of interesting cases in our Avian and Exotics Department, but it's not every day we see something quite as unusual and as extraordinary as this case," SASH said in a statement.

"Once we had a good grip, the towel was able to be carefully removed from the gastrointestinal tract with endoscopic guidance.

''This was a life-saving procedure. If we had not been able to remove the towel, Monty would not have survived.''

A python was taken to the vets after swallowing an entire BEACH TOWEL.

The 18-year-old female Jungle Carpet Python named Monty was looking for a late-night snack when she devoured the item in her owner's home in Sydney, Australia.

Monty's worried family caught her swallowing the towel and took her to the Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH) on February 24.

Incredible footage shows how vets performed a ''life-saving procedure'' by pulling the towel from Monty's mouth.

Dr Olivia Clarke said it was the first time they had ever received a snake that had swallowed a towel.

The hospital said that Monty, who weighs five kilograms and is three meters long, had to have radiographs to confirm the cloth's location within the serpent, who was then anesthetised for the procedure.

Next, they used a flexible endoscope to see the end of the towel and forceps were placed through the endoscope to grab the fabric.

The process was caught on video. "Wow," they could be heard exclaiming. "Oh my God!"

The snake was let out of the hospital the same day and was returned to her owners, who said that she was "back to her happy, hungry self."

"We see all kinds of interesting cases in our Avian and Exotics Department, but it's not every day we see something quite as unusual and as extraordinary as this case," SASH said in a statement.

"Once we had a good grip, the towel was able to be carefully removed from the gastrointestinal tract with endoscopic guidance.

''This was a life-saving procedure. If we had not been able to remove the towel, Monty would not have survived.''