Maybe snake can take a mulligan
From Times Wire Reports
A snake has been saved by surgery after mistaking four golf balls for chicken eggs, an Australian veterinarian said.
A couple had placed the balls in their coop at Nobbys Creek to encourage their hen to nest, Australian Associated Press reported. They later noticed that the balls were missing and found a lumpy carpet python nearby.
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary senior veterinarian Michael Pyne operated to remove the balls stuck in the intestine of the 32-inch nonvenomous snake.
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