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Aug 8, 2005 6:30 am US/Central
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UPS Driver Finds Live Python On Truck
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) ―
A United Parcel Service deliveryman found a surprise nestled among the packages in his truck.
Brian Adams, 41, first noticed the 9-foot albino python when he shifted some boxes after pulling into a parking lot last week.
Adams said he initially thought he was looking at a stuffed animal or rubber snake. But when he looked closer and noticed scales, he called his wife.
"Tina, you won't believe this, but there's a snake in the truck," he said.
Moments later, the python's head popped up as Adams nudged aside a small box in front of it. "It's alive!" he yelled into the phone.
An O'Fallon animal control officer was called and the 31-pound snake was prodded into a cloth mailbag.
The python was taken to a pet adoption center until the St. Louis Herpetological Society picks it up next week.
Adams doesn't know how the snake got into his truck—UPS doesn't deliver live animals.
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