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A snake was seen slithering about outside a glass enclosure in Mandai’s RepTopia, according to a video uploaded to Instagram by user Azulesoctopus on Monday (Aug 24).<\/p>\n
In the video, the snake, a painted bronzeback, is seen moving across a rocky structure connected to the glass enclosure, surrounded by guests.<\/p>\n
One of two staff members next to it then reaches down, holding the snake’s tail with a gloved right hand while wrangling its body with her left.<\/p>\n
Once secured, the snake is then escorted away as the video ends.<\/p>\n
Reacting to the sight, Azulesoctopus shared that they were just about to step into the reptile exhibition, but overheard a visitor informing staff of the situation.<\/p>\n
“My heart skipped a beat,” they laughed.<\/p>\n
Mandai Wildlife Group told 8world <\/strong>that the incident took place on Sunday (Aug 23) and that staff immediately arrived after the visitor alerted them to the snake outside the exhibit.<\/p>\n “Snakes typically do not harm people unless provoked,” the spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n “If given sufficient space, they will usually leave on their own.”<\/p>\n Because this particular snake was small and moving fast, potentially capable of causing injury in the crowded environment, the staff decided to intervene and capture it.<\/p>\n The reptile was subsequently released back into the wild, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n Members of the public are advised to contact the Animal and Veterinary Service’s (AVS) Animal Response Centre at 1800-476-1600 should they come across snakes in the wild.<\/p>\n Professionals trained in handling and caring for wildlife will be dispatched to assist.<\/p>\n The AVS also advised the public to avoid handling snakes themselves as this may cause stress on injury to the animal, and the snake may also bite in self-defence.<\/p>\n “Stay calm and do not be alarmed,” the advisory states. “Back away slowly to give the snake space to retreat.<\/p>\n “These animals are shy and will not attack humans unless provoked or cornered. Sudden movements may alarm the snake and cause it to attack in self-defence.”<\/p>\n AsiaOne has contacted Mandai Wildlife Group for comment.<\/p>\n [[nid:742531]]<\/p>\n khooyihang@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A snake was seen slithering about outside a glass enclosure in Mandai’s RepTopia, according to a video uploaded to Instagram by user Azulesoctopus on Monday…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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