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by SCatheris on October 31, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
I'm glad they didn't kill it. I watched the video and the reporter seems ignorant.

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by SCatheris on October 31, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
haha they should of had nigel marven come and get it!

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by tigers9 on October 31, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Snake in the box shocks Seminole UPS workers Staff file image Vernon Yates of Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation in Seminole said the False Water Cobra's bite would make a person quite ill and under some circumstances, could kill. By ROD CHALLENGER Published: October 30, 2009 Related Links · Unexpected cargo · Exotic pet license database A baby False Water Cobra, native to South America, is now at a Pinellas County wildlife refuge after UPS found the creature Thursday afternoon in a plain, unmarked box at its Pinellas Park transfer facility. An exotic animal dealer in Virginia, Off the Ark, used UPS to send the snake to a buyer at a school in Vero Beach, even though the delivery company doesn't knowingly accept snakes for shipment. The U.S. Postal Service and Fed Ex also won't accept snakes for shipment. UPS found the box containing the snake after the buyer called when it hadn't been delivered on time. UPS called state wildlife officers, who called Vernon Yates of Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation in Seminole to pick up the delivery. "If it bit you, you would know it" said Yates. He said the snake's bite would make a person quite ill and under some circumstances, could kill. The box containing the two-foot baby snake had no indication of its contents. "I would be very concerned that at the school some kid could have found this and just opened the box," said Yates. Yates said it's legal for anyone in Florida to posses the snake. "It's a venomous creature but it's not one regulated by the state of Florida." Yates said Alexander Moir, who ordered the snake, does not want to drive to Seminole to pick up. Yates would like to find someone to adopt the creature. But keep this in mind. It will grow to be six feet long. News Channel 8 reporter Rod Challenger can be reached at (813) 731-8102. http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/oct/30/snake-box-shocks-seminole-ups-workers/news-metro/

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