NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. (AP) — A 13-foot Burmese python was confiscated from an upstate New York man who was keeping the still-growing snake in a small tank, authorities said.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation said it got a complaint about an illegally owned snake in New Hartford on Aug. 28.
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Environment Conservation Police Officer Jeff Hull responded and found the snake in a 4-to-5-foot tank.
The snake weighed 80 pounds and measured 13 feet 2 inches in length.