Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A gecko survived being swallowed whole by a snake in Thailand thanks to two of its lizard comrades and a stick-bearing witness. The confrontation, filmed by witness Sawet Numpet in Bangkok, began when a snake swallowed a gecko whole on a tree branch. Advertisement Numpet's video shows two other geckos that witnessed the attack then approach the snake and bite its tail and body. The witness prods the reptile with a stick while the geckos attack, leading the snake to throw up the now red and slimy gecko. Numpet then watches as the regurgitated gecko slowly regains its strength. Read More Deadly snake found wrapped around child's Lego set Police struggle to detain station-invading snake in Texas