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A 12-year-old girl has grabbed and swung around a snake in a desperate bid to rescue her guinea pig from the serpent’s clutches.
Brisbane radio personality Kip Wightman posted the remarkable footage of his niece Rosie Wightman going to extraordinary lengths to give her pet, named MaxiBon, a second chance at life.
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The footage shows Rosie in her backyard at Eumundi, on the Sunshine Coast, looking in shrubs, before she pulls out a snake with its jaws around the small mammal.
What follows are her frantic attempts to get the snake to release its grip — including her twirling in a circle while swinging the reptile.
“Didn’t even think it through. I was just like, ‘grab the snake, grab the snake’,” Rosie told 7NEWS.
Eventually, her father arrives and is able to separate the predator and prey, and MaxiBon is seen scampering to safety.
Thankfully for the family, he seems no worse for wear after his brush with death.
“I’m proud that my Rosie, at 12 years old, had the guts to pick up a snake and save her pet’s life,” dad Luke Wightman said.
The snake appears to be brown with a pale belly, indicating it could be a number of species — including a deadly eastern brown or a harmless python.