Sir Hiss-a-Lot has left the building. A nine-foot reticulated python found by Animal Control officers in Cedar Rapids is on ...

A 9-foot reticulated python found wandering loose in an Iowa resident's front yard has a new home in Illinois.

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“The alligators and snakes watched us all night ... He recalled in interviews with local media that he scanned the vast emerald green canopy below him and aimed for a clearing near a lagoon. “There ...

“The alligators and snakes watched us all night ... He recalled in interviews with local media that he scanned the vast emerald green canopy below him and aimed for a clearing near a lagoon.

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"He's like, 'Let's go get a snake out of a tree,' and I'm like, 'Snake out of a tree? We leave snakes alone,' and he's like, 'No, it's a python,' and I'm like, 'Yeah!'" Davis told KXAS-TV.