I'm skeptical about the picture. Doesn't it seem rather conveniently fuzzy? I would think even the cheapest cameraphones today could produce more detailed photos. But surely a "member of a disaster team monitoring flood regions" by helicopter would have something better than a cameraphone in any case? And why just the one photo? If I were in the same situation and saw a freaking huge snake in the water from above, I'd be snapping shots like there was no tomorrow! Also, what prevented the helicopter from dropping lower to get a better view? I mean, it's a helicopter - it can HOVER, for pete's sake.
Ah, well, I'm not quite ready to dismiss the picture outright, until I know more about the circumstances under which it was taken - assuming it and the helicopter crew were actually real.