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15-foot python caught at Calif. park
upi ^ | April 12, 2010

Posted on 04/13/2010 5:10:32 AM PDT by JoeProBono

RIVERSIDE, Calif., April 12 (UPI) -- A California animal control officer said she captured the "Monster of Lake Evans," a 15-foot Burmese python apparently abandoned by its owner.

Riverside County Animal Control Officer Kristina Hillegart said she responded Friday to a report of a huge snake at Lake Evans in Riverside's Fairmont Park and discovered the 60-pound reptile near the bank of the lake, KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, reported Monday.

Hillegart, who nicknamed the snake the "Monster of Lake Evans," said the snake did not put up too much resistance and was easily lured into the back of her vehicle.

She said the snake, believed to be a pet abandoned when it became too large for its owner to handle, is being cared for by animal control employees and will be given to a rescue organization specializing in exotic pets if a new home can't be found.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: california; jpb; python; snake
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1 posted on 04/13/2010 5:10:32 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

They come in lemon yellow too?


2 posted on 04/13/2010 5:14:14 AM PDT by HerrBlucher (END THE WAR ON LIBERTY!)
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Yeah. The little girl disappeared right after this photo was taken.


3 posted on 04/13/2010 5:16:23 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: HerrBlucher
"lemon yellow"

They had caught one like that on 'monster quest'. It is a Burmese Python IIRC.

4 posted on 04/13/2010 5:20:15 AM PDT by Dust in the Wind (U S Troops Rock)
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To: JoeProBono

“...and was easily lured into the back of her vehicle.”

LOL.
“Here, snakey, snakey! C’mon, snakey. C’mon...get the dead bunny...oh, thas’ a good snakey! C’mon...”


5 posted on 04/13/2010 5:22:25 AM PDT by ozark hilljilly (Obama & Co.: ARROGANT, STUPID, SEDITIOUS & TREASONOUS)
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To: JoeProBono

That’s just wrong.


6 posted on 04/13/2010 5:23:29 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: JoeProBono

I let mine go in Central Park


7 posted on 04/13/2010 5:23:44 AM PDT by Brother Cracker
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To: JoeProBono

All pythons should be killed on sight.


8 posted on 04/13/2010 5:25:30 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: Dust in the Wind

Interesting. Time for breakfast, I have a craving for Trix.


9 posted on 04/13/2010 5:25:32 AM PDT by HerrBlucher (END THE WAR ON LIBERTY!)
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To: mad_as_he$$

No they should be captured and let loose in the Capitol building. Then again, I don’t think pythons are cannibals....hmmmmmmm.


10 posted on 04/13/2010 5:27:40 AM PDT by HerrBlucher (END THE WAR ON LIBERTY!)
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To: JoeProBono

Child abuse?


11 posted on 04/13/2010 5:28:20 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: JoeProBono

Where do people get these pythons?


12 posted on 04/13/2010 5:28:27 AM PDT by MagnoliaB
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To: JoeProBono

Feed the homeless ...


13 posted on 04/13/2010 5:28:31 AM PDT by Tax-chick (There's a perfectly good island somewhere.)
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To: HerrBlucher

lol.....


14 posted on 04/13/2010 5:38:57 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: HerrBlucher

lol.....


15 posted on 04/13/2010 5:38:57 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: MagnoliaB

16 posted on 04/13/2010 5:41:00 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

If it was easily lured into a vehicle it was definitely a pet


17 posted on 04/13/2010 5:46:33 AM PDT by GeronL (Entitlement Zombies will become real zombies when the money runs out)
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To: JoeProBono
I hate snakes. Last year while picking tomatoes in my garden I came face to face with a big black snake two feet from my hand. I about killed myself leaping out of there. I know they are beneficial and won't hurt you but I was a paranoid wreck trying to finish picking even tho he had slithered away. This year my tomatoes will be staked!
18 posted on 04/13/2010 5:59:12 AM PDT by MagnoliaB
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To: HerrBlucher

They wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between the snakes and their fellow politicians.


19 posted on 04/13/2010 6:02:23 AM PDT by goldi (')
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To: mad_as_he$$

You are almost correct! All SNAKES should be killed on sight!


20 posted on 04/13/2010 6:03:24 AM PDT by Ditter
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