Python escaped and ended up behind refrigerator – in someone’s 29th-floor apartment
When a New Jersey resident looked behind their refrigerator, they weren’t expecting to find a new roommate.
The Jersey City resident pulled out the refrigerator, revealing a yellow snake.
Named “Banana” by the Liberty Humane Society, the snake is a piebald ball python morph, a few feet long.
The resident panicked when they saw the snake and called the police, who later contacted the shelter, the Liberty Humane Society said in a Facebook post on March 6.
The snake was found on the 29th floor of the apartment, and the shelter believes it was likely an escaped pet.
It said Banana is a “socialized, domestic snake” and was not a threat, but it admits a “surprise snake can seem like an emergency!”
The shelter is trying to find where Banana might belong, but if the snake’s family can’t be found, Banana will be up for adoption.
Piebald ball pythons can grow to be 3 to 5 feet long and live for 20 to 30 years, according to Everything Reptiles. They are a common snake for first-time snake owners because of their easy demeanor.
Jersey City sits between lower Manhattan and Newark on the Hudson River.
This story was originally published March 7, 2023 at 10:56 AM with the headline "Python escaped and ended up behind refrigerator – in someone’s 29th-floor apartment."
