Pet snake saves family from house fire
Rescued animal returns the favor by warning family when an electric blanket catches fire.
By Stephanie RogersMon, Jan 04 2010 at 3:32 PM EST
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Photo: Ananova When Yu Feng of Liaoning Province in China found a dying black snake in the grass outside his home, he made an unusual decision that would change his life.
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Yu brought the snake inside, determined to give it another lease on life. Little did he know the snake would soon return the favor, according to the website Ananova.
"I treated it with herbal medicines, and in 20 days it recovered," Yu said.
Once the snake recuperated, Yu decided to release it back into the wild. He took the snake to a nearby mountain more than a mile away.
But the snake had grown attached, Yu says, and the next morning, it was back outside his house. He tried two more times to set it free, but it always came back.
"People around me said the snake had come back to repay my kindness, so I kept it."
The snake, dubbed Long Long, became the family pet, and before long, it had a chance to return Yu's favor.
One night, while Yu was sleeping, he says he felt something cold on his face and awoke to find Long Long.
"He had never woken me up before, but I was so sleepy I went back to sleep. But Long Long grabbed my clothes with his teeth and whipped the bed with his tail.
"Then he went to my mother's bed and whipped her bed with his tail. I woke up then and smelled something burning, and saw my mother's electric blanket was on fire so I leapt up and turned it off."
Though local reptile experts say snakes simply don’t have the brainpower to behave in such a way, Yu insists the snake saved his life. These days Long Long is never far from his side.
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Pudding Chops
11/01/2010 10:28 AM
Can't wait to get home and get my roasties
Shot shot
10/12/2010 10:02 AM
This must have been a very tiny chinese fire. A blanket on fire will go up in flames before long Long can slither from one bed to another.
PJ
07/01/2010 21:15 PM
The "experts" need to stop acting like they know EVERYTHING despite actual events. The snake IS A HERO. Well done Long Long.
Dr Professor Schleionsteeger
05/25/2010 05:33 AM
As a man who has been studying snake-ular behaviour for over 800 years, I must conclude that this story is a farce. Now come give me a foot massage.
Snake Man
05/25/2010 05:30 AM
This story is really giving me the horn!!
uhm
01/29/2010 16:39 PM
hmmmm, this will get filed in the same place as the boy discovered inside the belly of a anaconda and george dubblyuh bush fishing for sharks in the flooded streets of norleans. the BS file.
i wont get into logistical facts but who knows, maybe it was a snake who was previously a buddhist fireman.
oh, did i mention i saw elvis at the customer services counter in walmart yesterday...i swear...its true!
Long Long
01/19/2010 04:23 AM
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!
theroundearth
01/17/2010 19:13 PM
Don't ever buy Chinese electrical blankets!
Herpetile
01/09/2010 06:03 AM
This is just a crock! The snake wouldn't return from over a mile away and there is no way it alerted him to a fire.
Jeanette
01/07/2010 11:24 AM
An article that makes us rethink our position on animal intelligence . . . and worth.
loling
01/07/2010 03:15 AM
what a bad *** snake
wtf6410
01/06/2010 23:43 PM
I hope a chance to regret this comment never comes my way, but I chose burning to death under a faulty electric blanket over sharing my home with a snake....
Omicron
01/06/2010 23:15 PM
Good thing I wear boots.
Warzy
01/06/2010 15:50 PM
The comments here nearly made me spit coffee all over my computer. Beautiful.
My two cents: it's possible that the snake spazzed the heck out because it was suffering respiratory irritation from the smoke (their lungs are stupidly susceptible to envionmental irritants), and that commotion was what actually woke this guy up. Doubt it was any heroisism on the snake's part but hey, it makes for a cute story at least.
Guest
01/06/2010 17:53 PM
Even if it is so. You must admit, it was a good idea he kept the snake nonetheless.
Rooster
01/06/2010 14:47 PM
Criminy, Penthouse Forum has stories more believable than this one.
Guest
01/06/2010 10:22 AM
A story from China as reported by Ananova...I totally believe it!
Paul B.
01/06/2010 09:22 AM
I don't believe it for a second--the "snake saved us" part, that is. I believe this guy adopted a snake that became attached, but I don't believe the idea that it came to his bed and this his mom's bed. Yes, dogs and other animals have saved people from such disasters, but a snake? I call "B.S." on this one.
Guest
01/08/2010 15:40 PM
It's only believable that 'other' animals can do it because they are commonly domesticated and we are comfortable with that idea. Why discredit something simply because it's not as common of a pet, such as a dog?
Guest
01/08/2010 01:14 AM
If other animals can do it, why can't a snake? They are actually a lot smarter than people give them credit for. I have an extremely intelligent snake that never ceases to amaze me with the things he can do.
Callie
01/06/2010 08:18 AM
Why was he whipping his mother's bed with his long long snake? That's hot.
Rebekah
01/06/2010 08:14 AM
I think Yu has been playing with his snake too long.
Yu Feng
01/06/2010 07:33 AM
Enter your comments hereAnd one time I put rong rong way out in a woods and he come baaaak! Anotter time, man pinned under a truck and rong rong bump it off with his noooooose! Then a house catch on fire and rong rong wake us uuuuuup!
Yuck Foo
01/06/2010 04:25 AM
I RAFF I RUSE?
landi
01/05/2010 21:54 PM
this is so cool go snakes
LoveEarthAlawys
01/05/2010 16:24 PM
We have friends whose dog literally woke them up in the middle of the night to save them from their barn and house burning down.
long long
01/05/2010 04:16 AM
Yes, it is I. Long Long the snake. I saved my lovers life because I was not yet ready to say goodbye to him. When I awoke from my slumber I smelled burning so I whippy whippy the bed.
