If you're reading this on the toilet (hey, no judgment), better relocate fast.

Earlier this week, rangers on a cleaning run at Australia's Charles Darwin National Park discovered an unexpected patron in the park's restrooms — an olive python.

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And the snake didn't seem to want to leave.

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"It took a little bit of persuasion for [the python] to vacate the cubicle," officials wrote in a Facebook post, but the lil' guy did eventually slither away — to new horizons and new toilets, we presume.

While the whole snake-in-toilet-bowl phenomenon is a rarity, it's definitely not unheard of. Last September, two snakes — probably searching for moisture — took up residence in a Queensland toilet and had to be coaxed out by a snake catcher.

Check those bowls, everyone.

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