Burmese Python Snakes Out Of Mall Aquarium, Found In Wall: Watch

Baton Rouge LA

08 July, 2021

6:49 PM

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BATON ROUGE, LA — Afraid of snakes? Or tight spaces? This one has the worst of both worlds. A 12-foot yellow and white Burmese python snake was removed from the wall of a mall two days after it slithered away from an aquarium that opened in recent months inside the Mall of Louisiana. A snake rescue video shared on social media platforms shows at least four people, and a tall ladder, were needed to rescue Cara, the python that was first noticed gone from the Blue Zoo on Tuesday. Zoo managers told WAFB Cara the python was found "alive and well" around 3:30 a.m. Watch here: Officials at the zoo weren't overly alarmed at Cara's disappearance, according to media reports, noting she is not poisonous. Still, the mall was closed Wednesday as the search continued. The aquarium had been looking for a dog that specializes in scented searches to help find Cara in the hours before she was found. "We're not going to treat this any differently than if it was a child missing. It's super important to us that we keep up with the effort," Wes Haws, Blue Zoo's CEO and founder, told CNN before Cara was found. Also On Patch: Alligator In The Road? Just Kick It, One Woman Decides Haws' concern then was that the python was stuck between a wall, which she was. Cara was sent to the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine after her rescue for an evaluation. The 150-pound crafty snake was gone from the aquarium for nearly 30 hours before authorities were notified, according to WAFB. Imagine the surprise shoppers would have been in for had Cara found her own way out before then.