Python hitches a ride

   While Hobe Sound’s attention may have turned to the expected visit of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, another visitor to the city was definitely unwelcome.

   Bob Zagorski — who said he’s seen rattlesnakes, coral snakes and rat snakes in his yard — was still unsettled to find that ball python had hitched a ride on his sport utility vehicle, and was perched on the running board when he noticed it, TCPalm reports.

   Zagorski and some neighbors coaxed the snake into a garbage can, and animal control workers took it to a wildlife center.

Comments

[mark e]

It won't be too long before they make it up to Pinellas Co.

[Lori]

They're probably already here Mark. I ran over one on a road in the Ocala National Forest about 20 years ago. It stretched across both lanes of a two-lane road. I was afraid it was someone's pet, so I called my friend who handles snakes thinking he could go back and help it. He said no effin' way - it may have been someone's pet at one time, but as big as it was, that was no longer the case. However, since I didn't hit my brakes and smear it, I probably didn't do any permanent damage. I'm probably going to take a lot of heat for being a crazy tree hugger, but I feel bad for these snakes. They (or their ancestors as the case may be) didn't ask to be taken from their habitat, brought here and confined in little jails, and when a tragedy happens, as is always the case with with all lesser than human species, they end up the loser.