The weekly weird
Python to give neck massages at German salon
Would you like to have a neck massage by a python?
A hairdresser in Germany is drawing customers to his salon with the hire of an unusual employee — a 13-year-old python that gives neck massages.
Frank Doehlen, proprietor of the Haar Mode Team salon in Dresden, said he started using the 13-year-old ball python, Monty, to give massages to customers after being inspired by a massage technique he witnessed on a trip to South Africa.
Doehlen said Monty’s services are now in such high demand that he offers the snake massages to customers two days a week.
“But only by appointment. Monty’s terrarium has no space in the salon. I always bring it with me at the customer’s request,” he told.
He said the four-foot-long snake’s body is 90 per cent muscle, making him an ideal masseur.