Great snakes! 4.3m-long cobra slithers into prayer goods shop

GEORGE TOWN: A shop selling prayer goods in Paya Terubong here received an uninvited "customer" in the form of a 4.3m-long King Cobra. Northeast district Civil Defence Force officer Kapt (PA) Muhammad Aizat Abd Ghani said they received a distress call from the shopkeeper about the snake at 1.20pm on Friday (Dec 15). "Five firemen were dispatched...

Ayam too full: Stuffed 25kg python caught in Sandakan chicken coop

KOTA KINABALU: A Sandakan homeowner found a huge snake inside his chicken coop on Tuesday (Sept 26). Sandakan Civil Defence officer Sulaiman Salama said their officials arrived at the scene at Taman Mawar, around 6.57am to capture the three-metre long reptile which weighed a hefty 25kg. "The python was taken out of the chicken coop safely and...