Post by Jane on Jul 2, 2019 3:11:45 GMT -7
I read that a nine foot reticulated python called Turin escaped from his home on Saturday and is still on the loose in Cambridge. He escaped from a window after the person who was snake sitting didn't close his vivarium properly. He was last seen slithering along a road in the early hours of Sunday but hasn't been seen since. He is likely to be frightened because he has never been out before. I think it is sad.
An expert has said he could eat rabbits and chickens and is unlikely to attack anything larger, but although they suffocate their prey he could give a small child a nasty bite because reticulated pythons have sharp teeth designed to stop their prey escaping.
The advice if he is spotted is to phone 101 which is the national police non-emergency number. I think if I spotted him I would dial 999, the emergency number, for all sorts of reasons!
Jane
An expert has said he could eat rabbits and chickens and is unlikely to attack anything larger, but although they suffocate their prey he could give a small child a nasty bite because reticulated pythons have sharp teeth designed to stop their prey escaping.
The advice if he is spotted is to phone 101 which is the national police non-emergency number. I think if I spotted him I would dial 999, the emergency number, for all sorts of reasons!
Jane
