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Two python molurus are seen with rabbits in a cage at the family-owned Palmyre Zoo in the 18 hectares (44 acres) pine forest of Les Mathes, in the Charente Maritime region, western France, November 19, 2013. The private zoo which opened in 1966 greets up to 800,000 visitors a year and is home to around 1,700 animals of 170 different species. Zoo keepers annually nourish the animals with 250 tons of fodder, 50 tons of meat, 20 tons of fish, 180 tons of fresh fruit and vegetables. Two full-time veterinarians are in charge of the health and well-being of the animals. The Palmyre Zoo participates in 40 European breeding programmes and provides funding for the conservation of endangered species. Picture taken November 19, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

Six pythons invaded a rural house in New South Wales. According to the owner, the incident is rather common.

NSW doctor Vivienne Le Cerf found six pythons in her rural property while they tried to escape from a heavy downpour of rain. The doctor says that it has become a regular sight to find coastal carpet snakes hanging from the balcony rafters. A recent online video, uploaded on Australia Day, shows one of the larger serpents making itself at home on Le Cerf’s couch while stretching its jaw wide open claiming both seats.

Le Cerf says that she once walked in on a couple of snakes in passionate embrace while suspended from the railing. "I texted my husband and said, 'Come home, there are two snakes having sex on the veranda," ninemsn quotes her, "I would walk outside and they would be hanging off the rafters, just staring at me."

The NSW doctor says that she was not bothered about metres-long carpet pythons until they started coming inside her house. One of them snuggled among the cushions of the family couch and she was forced to do something about it. She says that the snake must have like the patterns on the cushion as she has observed it rubbing itself against the patterns. It was later learned that the snake relocating its jaw after devouring a large meal.

According to the NSW doctor, her husband had enough courage to scoop up the snake using a pole with a loop on the end fashioned by a friend. She says that she is “delighted” by the fact that the snake does not reside in her house any more. It stays in a bush around a kilometre away from her house.

Daily Mail earlier reported that two police officers were called to a four-storey unit block in Sydney's south after a resident had spotted a large Darwin carpet python slithering along the window on Chapel Street at Rockdale. One of the officers, trained by Australian wildlife rescue organisation WIRES, had his snake catching equipment with him. The officer was later bitten by the snake when he tried to wrangle it.