Tearing open a Python egg to release the baby snake, in Kaziranga

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Working delicately in the field, atop a banyan Ficus leaf, a wildlife worker cuts open a soft python egg pouch that was not able to open on its own, in order to release the young python snake within, and give it a chance at life. This high stakes drama takes place within Kaziranga National Park, in a top secret location where a python mother laid her eggs within the bough of a fallen tree trunk. Shortly after, a new-born python sizes up the world around him! This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of 50, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XD