In the end, the doctors informed him that he would require stitches, which would fall out in a few weeks.
“At last, my testicles are safe. Fortunately, it wasn’t a poisonous snake. I would have been murdered by a cobra,” he said.
“But since then, I haven’t used that toilet once more. Each time I visit, I make sure everything is there by checking inside and inserting a brush.”
The reticulated python, as the snake is called, is widespread in Southeast Asia and Thailand. The species is seen in large towns, however it usually inhabits woodlands, swamps, and canals.
They can therefore interact with the broader people, as Thanat is all too familiar with.
Remarkably, there have been other prior instances of pythons attacking humans when they are using the restroom.
