Posted on 08/31/2010 9:54:07 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault
CLEVELAND, Ohio --- Visitors to Cleveland Metroparks occasionally cross paths with a snake.
But not a 9-foot-long, 18-pound Burmese python, which slithered Sunday into the Mill Stream Reservation's Paw Paw Picnic Area in North Royalton.
The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo officials are hoping the owner will reclaim it.
"This snake didn't fall out of the sky," zoo spokeswoman Sue Allen said. "It either escaped from its owner, or was let go. Since it's difficult for us to accommodate exotic species, we're hoping its owners reclaim it."
The python was found around 4:30 p.m. by a park visitor, who called for ranger help, Metroparks ranger spokeswoman Diana Kall said.
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If someone let this go, they are moron. I don’t know how these things do at 10 below in the winter. Plus, someone might wonder where their chihuahua disappeared to.
Alligator food?
Difficult to accomodate exotic species? Not much of a zoo. While a Burmese will get large, they are NOT difficult to accomodate.
The meat barbeques nicely.
I recommend kabobs and a light marinade.
Reminds me of one of Carl Hiassen’s books. Some guy issued a fake press release from an amusement park stating that their recent infestation of poisonous snakes wasn’t too bad, and that the number of snakes was estimated in the “low hundreds”.
They already have Burmese pythons. I think they mean they don't want to be the dumping grounds and end up with large numbers of the same critter.
I would concur, but then why not say that?
Could be a reporter trying to embellish.
Sounds like the zoo has a problem with illegal immigrants.
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