A couple of soldiers managed to carefully rescue a 3-metre-long python after it became entangled in a high-voltage power line in Padang, Indonesia.

The soldiers used a wooden stick to dislodge the snake from the top of the pole.

With the help of a third man, the two soldiers were able to pull the python from out of the power lines without receiving an electric shock.

Saiful, a witness, said: "The snake was successfully evacuated in about 20 minutes. The two soldiers were immediately assisted by the community to put it into a sack."

This footage was filmed on March 12.

This is the dramatic evacuation of two Indonesian soldiers trying to save a 3 meter long python wrapped around a pole and high-voltage power line in Padang City, March 12, 2021.

The evacuation of the snake was carried out carefully, so that the electric voltage did not spark and shock the snake. with a long piece of wood, the two Indonesian soldiers tried to get the snake to come down.

eye witness, Saiful said "the snake was successfully evacuated in about 20 minutes, when the snake managed to get off, the two soldiers were immediately assisted by the community to put them in the sack".

for the time being. The indak-skinned python was entrusted to a reptile pecintal who would later be released into the forest.