Durante los siguientes minutos se fue ralentizando cada vez más y el veterinario pudo inyectarle a la serpiente algunos sedantes más que eran necesarios para que una serpiente de este tamaño perdiera el conocimiento por completo.

After a while, the snake was completely knocked out. Some workers fell to their knees from exhaustion and their heartbeats finally returned to normal. They had faced the possibility of death countless times during the past few hours, so they were relieved to have survived.