Singapore has been a natural habitat for snakes since eons ago. Even in old PA as trainees, we had quite a number of snakes in barracks and Coffee Hill jogging areas. Who needs snake catching lesson in PA course syllabus? Just scare it away or kill it bare handed. To be more accurate, when unarmed, shoe legged, just aim properly and stomp on it a few inches down its neck. But to qualify, there were neither pythons nor cobras, just small bush snakes. There was once a most hilarious incident. One night, an Indian trainee came out jumping and screaming cock-and-butt naked from the toilet, of course raising alarm through the bunks and all rushed in. A snake had crawled up through the toilet bowl when he was shitting. The was still gliding nonchalantly on the ground. One joker laughed and said dey, thought you Indian expert with snake? Want us to do it for you? Our Indian squadmate recomposed himself, said he was taken by surprise, grabbed his baton and killed the snake.
Luckily he was alerted by it thru his dog's barking..Being a retired ex Guards officer, he duly grabbed hold of the python, put it in a pillow case, and tied it up.. He later handed it over to a Bangla road sweeper to be released back into the wild..
