Woman gets snake stuck in ear piercing

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Snake is a 'hole' new problem for hospital

A woman was forced to call for medical help after her pet ball python became lodged in a large piercing on her earlobe. Emergency workers in the US city of Portland, Oregon, were unable to free the reptile and drove Ashley Glawe to a local hospital, where the snake was carefully removed.

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