Exotic Incident #530

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North Charleston, SC - USA

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11/03/2003

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Summary:

While being moved from Roark’s Reptile Safari (non-AZA) to spend the rest of year at the South Carolina Aquarium (AZA), a 22-foot-long, 250-pound female reticulated python broke free of her container and slithered into a transport van’s undercarriage, then made a break for a sewer grate. The python was recaptured by the aquarium curator and four fellow staffers.