A Pregnant Woman Refused to Let a Four-Metre Python Take Naruto
Caught-on-camera animal kingdom goods—with an ending we desperately needed: a five-months-pregnant woman used her bare hands to free her family’s cat from a roughly four-metre python in central Thailand.
The rescue happened on January 26, 2026, at a home in the Hin Tang subdistrict of Nakhon Nayok. The woman’s parents reportedly heard their chickens making distressed noises behind the house and went outside to investigate.
There they found the python tightly coiled around Naruto, the family’s two-year-old male cat. He was motionless, and the family initially feared they had already lost him.
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The 27-year-old woman moved in and began pulling the python’s coils away from Naruto with her hands. Once the snake released him, the family watched for signs of life—and Naruto slowly began to regain consciousness.
Footage associated with the rescue also shows attempts to stimulate the cat after he was freed. The family later secured the python inside a fertilizer sack and released it away from the home, according to Thai reports.
The likely first target was the family’s chicken area, where the commotion initially began. Naruto appears to have crossed paths with the python before it reached the birds, turning one ordinary morning into a backyard emergency.
Heroic? Absolutely. Recommended technique? Absolutely not. Wildlife authorities generally advise people to keep their distance from wild snakes and contact trained removal professionals rather than attempting to handle one themselves. In this case, instinct took over—and, somehow, both Naruto and the woman came through it.
There is something almost impossible about the turn the footage takes. One moment, the family believes their cat is gone. Then Naruto begins showing signs of life, slowly returning to them after being pulled from the python’s grip.
Images From Naruto’s Python Rescue in Nakhon Nayok
The supplied image set accompanies reports and video coverage of the January 26 rescue in Thailand.
Naruto was pulled free and gradually regained consciousness. Exact per-image credits were not included in the supplied post materials.
We are filing this one under fierce family love, unbelievable timing and one cat who apparently decided he was not finished using those nine lives.
Watch the Rescue of Naruto From a Python in Thailand
The supplied YouTube upload documents the family’s effort to free and revive the two-year-old cat. Some viewers may find the animal-distress footage upsetting.
Source: Daily News Thailand; The Thaiger; supplied YouTube footage.
