Ashley Glawe of Portland, Oregon, found herself becoming a social media sensation because her pet snake got lodged in her ear piercing.
The Ball Python snake named Bart tried to slither through her gauged earlobe while Ashley was playing with him. She wasn't wearing her plugs at the time.
Ashley says everything happened very quickly, one moment she and her pet were playing and didn't realise that Bart was too big to fit all the way through the ear hole.
She rushed to the emergency room and while waiting for the doctor posted the image of her and Bart on Facebook.
The photo, posted last Monday, has since been shared over 32,000 times.
Bart was eventually removed after the doctors numbed Ashley’s ear and used string to pull and stretch it out more so that they could get the snake out without hurting him.
After the incident one of Ashley’s friends poked fun at her with a similar photo.