An “unhappy” 16-foot albino reticulated python was rescued by an animal shelter in Austin, Texas on Monday – after being missing for months.
The Austin Animal Center wrote on its verified Facebook page that they received a call about the huge reptile on Monday. “Due to the temperatures the snake was lethargic enough that a couple of residents were able to catch it and keep it in their garage,” wrote the municipal shelter, which is run by the city of Austin. And whereas often callers exaggerate the size of snakes when calling the shelter, in this case the python was just as big as the callers thought.
In the meantime, shelter staff members recalled a social media post they’d seen months previously about a missing python. Some sleuthing led them to a post on community app Nextdoor, which included information about the owner of the python. Shelter staff contacted the owner, who identified the snake based on a “unique feature.
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