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Maybe the Python Wanted to Meet More People
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Jen Chung
Published Jan 2, 2009
Modified Jan 2, 2008
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Note to self: When bringing a 7-foot python to a friend's house, the python might get curious and wander off. Because that's what happened to David Fennell. Fennell, who lives on Parsons Boulevard, was visiting a friend on 149th Street in Jamaica when the python got free around 5:30 p.m., according to the Post. "Emergency Service Unit cops arrived at 5:55 p.m., and found the python curled up in a hallway 20 minutes later." The python (no pet name given) was then taken to an Animal Care & Control facility because the Department of Health prohibits pythons as pets. Wacky, but not as insane as the story of the 7-foot python a Brooklyn woman found...in her toilet.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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