Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe BOYNTON BEACH, Fla., June 8 (UPI) -- Florida animal control officers hope the owner of a 13-foot albino Burmese Python will come forward and claim the snake. Railroad workers discovered the reptile Tuesday as it was trying to catch a bird near tracks in Boynton Beach, Fla., the Palm Beach Post reported Wednesday. Advertisement "It was an absolutely gorgeous animal," said Liz Roehrich, Boynton animal control officer. "What's a little disturbing is that we don't have any lost reports from anyone." The nonpoisonous yellow-and-white snake is about 13 feet long and weighs nearly 100 pounds, according to David Hitzig, executive director of the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary in Jupiter, Fla., who is caring for the snake. "What people don't realize is that the little 1- or 2-foot snake can turn out to be more than 10 feet long," Hitzig said. Some snake owners abandon their pets when they grow too large to handle, however, in Florida, releasing an exotic animal into the wild is a third-degree misdemeanor.
