reports Fox 13.The non-venomous snake surrendered to officers peacefully.Once they’d helped put the couch back inside, the boa was given a ride in the back of a police car to a nearby pet shop.The sofa was a new purchase for the startled resident, and it’s possible the snake had been a stowaway and had already been living in there when he bought the furniture. "It’s a jungle out there sometimes," Clearwater police joked in a Facebook post.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the red-tailed boa – which is an invasive species in the state – is an "extremely common" pet.
It feeds on lizards, birds and mammals that live on the ground and in trees. It is thought that a large number of red-tailed boas may have escaped when.
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