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Slithery Surprise: 12-Foot Python Attacks Crews Responding To NY Water Main Break Slithery Surprise: 12-Foot Python Attacks Crews Responding To NY Water Main Break
Slithery Surprise: 12-Foot Python Attacks Crews Responding To NY Water Main Break It wasn’t exactly what crews expected to find on a busted pipe call. In the region, employees with the Albany Water Department got quite a scare on Friday, July 12, while responding to a broken 48-inch water transmission line in Tivoli Lake Preserve. Shortly after arriving on site, crews encountered a 12-foot-long snake. Albany Water initially identified the creature as a boa constrictor. Still, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) later clarified to Daily Voice that the serpent was actually a reticulated python measuring a whopping 12 feet, 10 inches long.  A DEC …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Missing A Snake? Slithery Intruder Found At Capital Region Business Missing A Snake? Slithery Intruder Found At Capital Region Business
Missing A Snake? Slithery Intruder Found At Capital Region Business An intrepid snake is accused of breaking and entering into a business in the region - okay, maybe not the breaking part, but it definitely entered. The slithery surprise was found Wednesday morning, July 12, in Columbia County, inside a business in the city of Hudson on Fairview Avenue. “Does this little guy look familiar to you?” the Hudson Police Department asked on Facebook. The department identified the orange snake as a boa constrictor, though many people in the comments pointed out that it may actually be a corn snake.  The species is typically found throughout the southeastern and…

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by Michael Mashburn