[VIDEO] The Rainy Weather Is Causing Snakes To Appear All Over Subang Jaya
Residents in Subang Jaya are seeing more and more of the limbless reptile.
By John Lim — 02 Dec 2016, 04:25 PM
Looks like the rainy December weather is bringing more than just downpours to Subang Jaya.
A hair-rising video showing a python crossing the road in the town had recently gone viral on social media.
The video was uploaded on 1 December by SJ Echo, a Facebook community page. At the time of writing, It has since gotten 49,000 views with over 1,000 shares.
The 12-second clip - filmed by a resident near SS14, a street in Subang Jaya - shows the huge reptile slithering across the road slowly with a bulge in the stomach
"A resident who was heading home stopped his car in the middle of the road when he realised what he thought to be a piece of wood in the middle of the road was actually a large python crossing the road," SJ Echo wrote in the video post.
"Fearing that the snake would attack, the resident stayed in his car and recorded this video of the python which appeared to have a small bulge in its belly, indicating that it had probably just swallowed a small kitten-sized mammal."
The python then disappeared into the drain on the other side of the road.
Since the video went viral, fellow residents in Subang have started voicing out their concerns over the increasing sight of snakes in the area
According to SJ Echo, Subang Jaya state assemblyman Hannah Yeoh has been made known of the occurrence
"We have received many reports from residents of snakes appearing in their homes and surrounding areas. This could be caused by the changing weather patterns which drive the snakes out of their habitat into built-up areas," she said.
Yeoh also added that most of the snake sightings were reported in SS14, SS19, USJ3A, USJ1, USJ5, and PJS 11 Bandar Sunway
She urged residents who encountered a snake to call for help from the Fire and Rescue Department.
The contact number for the SS17 Fire and Rescue Department is 03-5634 9444.
It is uncommon for snakes to appear during the rainy season. Due to a drop in temperature, the reptiles are known to migrate to seek warmer shelter.
"They (snakes) tend to come out from their natural habitat to find warmer places and this is when many of them are seen slithering into houses," said Civil Defence's disaster management, operations and logistics officer, Lieutenant Norasmawi Abdul Mutalib.