By Lester Haines for The
Register.
This article has been reproduced with permission.
The Sighthill e-shoppers were unpacking the telly when the
slippery Sid put in his unscheduled appearence, the
Scotsman reports. A three-year-old lad first sighted
the beast slithering from the packaging, and screamed accordingly.
This prompted the python to rear and show its fangs, which in turn
obliged the family to retreat to another room into which they
barricaded themselves.
Doreen Graham, a spokeswoman for the Scottish Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA), who attended the scene,
explained: "The snake would probably have been a bit dopey due to
the heat in the room, but the reaction of the child startled the
python so it reared and showed its fangs."
The beast was later identified as a non-venemous Children's
Python, probably from Northern Oz or Malaysia. The SSPCA has
inevitably named the little fella "Monty" and is looking to rehome
him.
Disappointingly for those of us who like proper background
detail with our snake emergency stories, the Scotsman
fails to note the make and model of the television in question.
© The Register
2006
