Hunt on for owner of python found dead in suburban street

A 10ft-long Burmese python has been found dead beneath a fallen tree on a suburban street.
A dead 10ft long Burmese python which was mysteriously found dead beneath a fallen tree on a street in north Kent.A dead 10ft long Burmese python which was mysteriously found dead beneath a fallen tree on a street in north Kent.
A dead 10ft long Burmese python which was mysteriously found dead beneath a fallen tree on a street in north Kent.

The giant reptile was found by a member of the public trapped under the tree in Wallis Park in Northfleet, Kent, yesterday morning.

RSPCA investigators who are trying to locate its owner and how it came to rest there believe it died at least 24 hours earlier. An RSPCA spokeswoman said: “It’s a bit of a strange one. Our first assumption was that it became trapped under the tree after being released. But it then became apparent that it had been dead for some time, at least 24 hours before it was found. The injury to its skull was caused by blunt trauma. What we don’t know for sure is whether that injury occurred because of the fallen tree or happened before and the snake was then placed underneath the branch.”

Burmese pythons are among the largest species of snake in the world. Males grow to up to 13ft and females can grow slightly larger.

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