A man has recalled the moment an 2.7m angry snake that bit his wrist open and sliced his artery in two.
Kane Durrant, 32, is a wildlife conservationist who regularly comes face-to-face with snakes in his career.
However, Kane bit off more than he could chew when he met this particular python.
The dad-of-three was working in Northern New South Wales, Australia, when he was attacked by a coastal carpet python that sliced two inch-deep bites into his wrist and severed his artery.
He was rushed to hospital in September of this year with the horrific injury, where he was left fighting for his life.
Kane said: "The snake was holding up traffic on the job site I was at, so I gently picked it up to help move it safely across the road.
"I was just about to release it when it bit me on the wrist. At first it didn't really phase me that much, I get bitten from time to time.
"But then when it twisted, I actually thought its teeth were snapping off in my arm and I was like 'oh no, that's not good'.
"Its teeth felt like two knives running around my wrist causing two gashes.
"Then when I grabbed it behind the head and it let go, I saw my arm and the state it was in. I could see the artery sticking out.
"When I saw my artery poking out my arm, I thought it was a vein but was told the next day when I woke from the surgery that the artery had been severed 100 per-cent and was in two pieces.
Kane was told by doctors that his shocking injuries were the worst the doctor had seen.
This week Kane shared the shocking video of the bloody event on his YouTube channel, where it gained a huge amount of attention.
He added: "I had an intense fascination with snakes. I've always been drawn to them or anything creepy crawly like that.
"I was given a blue tonged lizard by my grandfather when I was four-years-old, and my interest evolved from there.
"Generally, we rescue a few snakes a day and anywhere from 10-20 a week.
"Coastal Pythons can be a little bit snappy but they're never really aggressive just defensive.
"If I hadn't touched that snake at all then I wouldn't have been bitten.
"Obviously in my line of work I must pick them up and move them along, but that one was particularly tenacious."
Kane spent the night in the hospital, but seemed to not be alarmed by the incident and even refused to use strong painkillers.
Coastal carpet pythons are large, heavy bodied snake with a highly variable, mottled & blotched pattern and colour.
They are commonly encountered in Australia and are known to attack small suburban pets such as dogs, cats and guinea pigs with smaller snakes taking caged birds.
The species is normally found living in woodlands and savannas across the North, South and Eastern coasts of Australia.
Carpet pythons generally have a calm adult temperament, but their young are notoriously known to be difficult to tame as pets.
