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Saturday, July 06, 2019

Marines Are Reporting 'Huge, Strange-Looking' Snakes at Camp Lejeune

A year after Marines were told to quit feeding an alligator that lived near their barracks, reports of "huge" snakes at a North Carolina base have prompted officials to reiterate their warnings against pets, scaly or otherwise.

A red-tailed boa, a nonvenomous snake commonly kept as a pet, was spotted in a parking lot at Camp Lejeune last month. The sighting followed another report of a 2-foot-long ball python slithering in the lobby of the barracks in the Wallace Creek.

"Since we have had two fairly recent incidents, we felt it was important to educate base personnel and the public on the issues that can be caused when exotic species are either intentionally or unintentionally released into the natural environment," Emily Gaydos, a wildlife biologist with Camp Lejeune's land and wildlife resources section said.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Since when is a 2 foot long snake considered huge ?

Anonymous said...

Some years back a 5' long Anaconda was caught at nature trails.People were talking about how big that was.Obviously some idiots pet that got loose.

Anonymous said...

Well we went to all sorts of places. GOD knows what climbed on vehicles being loaded on ship. Decontamination or not!!