FORREST CITY, Ark. - Firefighters helped remove a three-foot python from a home after a woman collecting plastic bags for a food pantry found it while cleaning a cabinet.
Lula Sain called a neighbor for help, but "when he came in and saw it, he almost jumped out of his skin." Fire Capt. Jimmy Sandage eventually collected the non-venomous snake.
"Once I walked in and saw it, I knew it was a python. It had wrapped itself up into a ball, and you could barely see the head. It never gave me any problems," Sandage said.
The snake was a ball python, named for their defense mechanism: the reptiles roll themselves into a tight ball and tuck their head inside their coils. They are non-venomous and can typically live, with proper care, between 20 and 30 years.
Lula Sain called a neighbor for help, but "when he came in and saw it, he almost jumped out of his skin." Fire Capt. Jimmy Sandage eventually collected the non-venomous snake.
"Once I walked in and saw it, I knew it was a python. It had wrapped itself up into a ball, and you could barely see the head. It never gave me any problems," Sandage said.
The snake was a ball python, named for their defense mechanism: the reptiles roll themselves into a tight ball and tuck their head inside their coils. They are non-venomous and can typically live, with proper care, between 20 and 30 years.
