Jaw-Dropping Video Shows Forest Officials Lifting Up Massive Snake By Crane In The Dominica Rainforest

A video has surfaced online that shows a gigantic snake being lifted off by a crane.

In the video that is being circulated widely online, the huge snake is seen being lifted by a heavy machinery vehicle in a forest area.

Multiple reports have now traced back the video to a TikTok user called @fakrulazwa, who had shared the clip on the video app, after which it quickly spread on other platforms as well.

As large as it can be ? pic.twitter.com/QRYkFtGjGM

¡ª Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) October 18, 2021

According to The Independent, the jaw-dropping clip, which has amassed over 81.5 million views on the app, is from Dominica, an island in the Caribbean. The reptile, which is at least 10-feet-long, is said to have been discovered by workers while they were clearing a part of the Dominica rainforest.

People were surprised to see how huge it was.

This is huge. Where is this from?

¡ª ????????? ??????? (@debabrata2008) October 18, 2021

So huge ?

¡ª Sahana(Renuka)Holimath ?? (@SHolimath) October 18, 2021

OMG! So...big!

¡ª A.B. Premchandran (@ChandranAvinjik) October 19, 2021

Wildlife at its best.

¡ª Ayush Tayal Agrawal (@sachinist_tayal) October 18, 2021

Giant ¡­

¡ª Arvind Kumar Naag (@arvindnaag) October 18, 2021

The snake¡¯s body is seen locked in the digger¡¯s claw but what is astonishing is it still nearly reaches the ground while being lifted up. NPR identified the enormous reptile as a boa constrictor. According to its report, another follow-up video by the user shows three men struggling to lift the reptile and failing to place it into a small sedan.

Although boa constrictors are non-venomous snakes, they are famous for their method of subduing prey by wrapping themselves around their victims and squeezing them to death.