Colwick Country Park: Six-foot-long Boa snake found in popular Nottingham park
Published 22nd Jul 2024, 10:28 GMT
Police were called to deal with the “slippery customer”
A large snake has been removed from a popular Nottingham park after it was found by a dog walker.
The six-foot-long reptile was first spotted slithering along a footpath in Colwick Country Park at around 4pm last Thursday (July 18).
Police were called and removed the snake, which was later found to be a Boa Imperator.
It has now been moved to a local reptile centre.
Boa Imperators are a large, heavy-bodied nonvenomous species of snake native to Central and South America.
They eat small animals including rats, guinea pigs and rabbits.