Homes Evacuated After Venomous Snake Spotted
Date: May 17, 2004 - 06:04 PM
Homes Evacuated After Venomous Snake Spotted
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Three Rotterdam houses were evacuated Monday after a man saw a poisonous snake slithering through a hole in the wall of his home.
Firemen demolished part of a wall in the man's home but could not find the meter-long snake, which experts believed to be the venomous Sundevall's Garter.
"The snake has not been found yet. Snake experts have been called in and they are still busy trying to find it," a Rotterdam police spokeswoman said.
Neighboring houses were evacuated as a precautionary measure and snake experts on the scene were trying to lure the humidity-loving reptile with wet rags.
Residents won't be allowed to return to their homes until the snake, a native to South Africa, is caught.
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