AUSTRALIA -- Veterinarians in Australia pulled a beach towel out of a pet snake. Monty is an 18-year-old jungle carpet python. Her family said she ate an entire towel one night.

AUSTRALIA -- Veterinarians in Australia pulled a beach towel out of a pet snake. Monty is an 18-year-old jungle carpet python. Her family said she ate an entire towel one night.

Monty was caught red-throated eating the towel. The vets anesthetized the nearly 10-foot-long (3-meter-long) snake and took radiographs to locate the towel inside Monty.

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