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A brave pet owner managed to save her nine-week-old puppy from the clutches of a carpet python using her bare hands and a roll of Christmas wrapping paper.

A woman was left horrified after waking up to find an enormous 16ft long python wrapping itself around her bedroom. The 30kg snake had been living in Trina Hibberd's roof for around four years.

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