- MERCED, Calif. (Reuters)
- A northern California man who used to have two pets -- a pit bull terrier
and a Burmese python -- now has only one -- a 200-pound python with a
pit-bull-sized
bulge.
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- Merced Police Department Cmdr. Tom Martin said the man
called police on Friday after the reptile escaped from its cage in the
city, about 130 miles southeast of San Francisco. The owner quickly located
the snake under his house but then realized his 30-pound pit bull was also
missing -- a mystery that was easily solved.
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- "In the middle of the snake, there was a big round
bulge," Martin said. "(The owner) surmised it was his 9-month-old
pit bull."
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- Martin added that it took three hours for the owner and
a friend to corral the snake as police officers stood by for safety
reasons.
Officials are now investigating whether the python should be considered
a wild animal and in violation of the city code.
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- If so, the man might then have no pets at all.
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