esquire.com – “It was less than a good morning for Atthaporn Boonmakchuay,” ThaiVisa.com writes, after the Thai man used his toilet yesterday only to have a python slither up from the pipes and bite his penis. Boonmakchuay managed to free himself and his penis by tying the python to the bathroom door using rope before he passed out from loss of blood and pain.

According to Khaosod English, the 38-year-old (man) is in stable condition, and the 12-foot-long (python) will be released back into the wild. The site notes Boonmakchuay, though in grave danger and disoriented from blood loss, was incredibly smart to unhinge the python’s jaw from his penis, as opposed to trying to tear it off or tug at it—the man might have lost his penis had that been the case.