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Local Police capture snake found in baby's pushchair at family's home

Local Police capture snake found in baby's pushchair at family's home

Malaga city resident Juan José was shocked to find the 1.2-metre-long reptile after hearing a noise

ÁLVARO FRÍAS / JUAN CANO

Friday, 13 July 2018, 18:26

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Local Police successfully captured a dangerous 1.2-metre-long snake that had slithered into a Malaga family's home and coiled itself inside a baby's pushchair last week.

Juan José Ruiz discovered the creature after hearing noises and seeing movements in the garden of his house when he returned from work. Realising the snake had slipped inside his home, he alerted the Local Police who sent a patrol minutes later.

Describing the moment he opened the front door of his property, José said: "It moved very quickly. It didn't occur to me what it was until I saw it slide onto the floor and into the house."

At first, the police team were unable to spot the creature, but then saw it had moved underneath a small pillow inside the pushchair.

During the operation the snake tried to attack on numerous occasions, even attempting to bite the protective gloves worn by one of the officers. To seize the animal, the police used a clamp designed to cause it no harm.

Before the capture, the buggy - used for the couple's two young twins - was taken outside. Doors and windows were immediately shut to avoid the reptile entering the property again while Juan José's wife and the couple's three young children remained inside the residence. "I told her to close the living room door and I did the same for the kitchen," Juan José detailed.

Some days before the episode, an area of shrubland near the house had been cleared, which is where Juan José and his family believe the snake came from. "Surely it came from there, and ended up giving us a good scare," he remarked.

The ordeal has affected how José and his family go about their daily lives from now on. Juan José said: "Now my wife and my mother check the pushchair every day when they are going to use it."

Once the snake was caught it was taken to the local animal care centre, to begin the process of reintroducing it back into its natural habitat.

José's scare, which took place in a residential area on the east side of the city, is not the only snake-related incident to have occurred recently locally. Days later, police found a two-metre-long snake trapped in a net covering a tree that had been put in place to prevent birds from eating its fruit.

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