An enormous wild python was caught curled up inside a motorcycle.

The 8ft-long serpent was spotted slinking on the engine of a Yamaha Xmax scooter in Chachoengsao province, Thailand on March 21.

Shocked rider Chavalit Bunlor said he tried to scare it off the vehicle but the creature would not budge, so he called for help.

Footage shows the snake slithering on the two-wheeler's engine. A rescue worker arrived to help evacuate the animal that hid deeper into the fender, resisting the men.

Chavalit said: ‘I was with a friend. We ate some desserts around the area and were about to go home.

‘Normally, I wouldn't check the engine as I did. But I felt relieved that I did so, or else it could have revealed itself while we were on the road.'

Onlookers gathered around the scene as the parking space was just before a hospital. Some offered to help push the snake out of the scooter.

A wildlife rescuer secured the snake's head with a noose and dragged it out while an onlooker helped push it out of the fender.

Soon after, the snake was taken out of the Yamaha and turned over to authorities.

The reticulated python is found throughout Southeast Asia, where they live in forests, swamps, canals and even in cities, causing them to come into conflict with humans. The species is one of the world's largest snakes and can eat humans, cats, dogs, birds, rats and other snakes.