Snake snaps at reporter's mic in Australia

A python stole the show in Australia when it repeatedly bit an Australian reporter's microphone as she was recording a segment advising people to leave snakes alone. Nine Network journalist Sarah Cawte was reporting from Wagga Wagga on snake safety, and was about to give a piece to camera with the python on her shoulder when the serpent struck the microphone. "I kind of psyched myself up to have one draped around my shoulders for this particular shot. "And yeah it just decided to take to the microphone and I was just so scared because my hand was so close to where it was biting. But it was very scary," said Ms Cawte. After repeated strikes on the microphone, Ms Cawte bravely pushed through to record her report. “My cameraman and this snake handler just stood there. They thought it was hilarious. “But it calmed down and I ended up getting the shot that I needed for my package and then as soon as that was done I said to the snake handler, get it off me, cause I didn't want it on me any longer."