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In this November 3, 2017, file photo, fireman Phinyo Pukphinyo holds a python on garage roof in Bangkok, Thailand. When the latest distress call came into Phinyo Pukphinyo’s fire station in Bangkok, it was not about a burning home or office building. Instead, the caller needed urgent help with a far more common problem facing Thailand’s capital: snakes. City authorities say the number of snakes caught in Bangkok homes has risen exponentially in recent years, from 16,000 reported cases in 2013 to about 29,000 in 2016. Figures for the first half of 2017 are over 30 percent higher than last year. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)
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