March 10 (UPI)– A 3-foot ball python will be reunited with its owner after hitchhiking throughout the state of Virginia in a U-Haul truck. Virginia Wildlife Management and Control stated workers reacted to a U-Haul service in Henrico County when a supervisor unlocked of a truck and found a big, non-native snake. Wildlife rescuer Richard Perry stated the 3-foot snake was sluggish from the cold. “We didn’t even believe it would make it through the night,” Perry informed WRIC-TV. “It remained in extremely, extremely bad shape.” The U-Haul organization got in touch with the truck’s previous tenant, however they didn’t understand anything about a python. “The previous chauffeur was driving around with a three-foot python in the automobile, in the taxi, and had no concept the snake existed,” Perry stated. Virginia Wildlife Management and Control published about the uncommon discovery on Facebook, and word of the python ultimately reached the animal’s owner in Newport News, on the other side of the state. The owner informed rescuers she had actually leased the truck previously and believed her animal snake had actually gone missing out on at some time throughout the journey. She stated she had actually not believed the python was still in the truck. The python, which recuperated from its experience with assistance from the rescue group, will quickly be reunited with its owner, the rescue group stated.
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