可怕!南非居民家厕所惊现巨大眼镜蛇!

Always look before you sit, especially on a toilet.

在你坐下来之前一定要留意一下，特别是在上厕所的时候。

An 8-foot-long poisonous snouted cobra has been terrorizing an apartment building in Pretoria, South Africa.

在南非的比勒陀利亚，一条8英尺长的剧毒眼镜蛇吓坏了整栋公寓的居民。

The snake was first spotted last Thursday morning inside a toilet in one of the building's apartments.

这条蛇最先是于上周四上午在该栋建筑的一间公寓的厕所里被发现的。

The residents quickly called Barry Greenshields, a snake catcher who attempted to remove the snake from the building, according to News 24.

根据《新闻24小时》报道，居民急忙找来捕蛇人巴里·格林希尔兹，他试着把蛇从房子里赶走。

Unfortunately for Greenshields and everyone else in the building, he was unsuccessful and the snake slithered back down the toilet.

不幸的是，格林希尔兹和其他人都没成功，而且那条蛇蜿蜒着爬回了厕所。

Resident Anton Meijer posted a clip of the extraction attempt to YouTube, stating, "we still have no idea where the snake is hiding."

一位名叫安东·梅杰的居民在YouTube上发了剪辑过的视频片段，描述道“我们现在依然不知道那条蛇藏在哪里。”

According to News 24, the snake has not been seen since the incident, freaking out residents in the building.

据《新闻24小时》报道，自这起事件发生以来，就再没见过那条蛇的踪迹，楼里的居民都胆战心惊。

Some residents have considered pouring boiling water or pool acid down their drains to flush out the unwanted guest. But Greenshields cautioned against those tactics.

有些居民想过向排水管倒开水或强酸来驱赶这位不速之客，但格林希尔兹反对这些手段。

"We have put cameras in the pipes to look for it. Residents are still worried and some of them are feeling like if it comes up they want to kill it, which is something I don't want. I hope he has left through the pipes," Greenshields told News 24.

格林希尔兹在接受《新闻24小时》采访时表示：“我们已经在下水道里放置了摄像机，以便找到它。居民们仍然很担忧，而且有些人想如果蛇出现了，他们就把蛇杀掉，这是我不希望的看到的。我希望它已经离开了下水道。”