A python, that's normally found in west and central Africa, has been discovered roaming around a garden in Dublin.
Doug Keatinge took to twitter to ask for advice on how to deal with the four foot reptile that had wrapped itself around a plant box in his back garden in Dun Laoghaire.
Snake in my garden. Panic! What to do? pic.twitter.com/GNkRawjNjV
— Douglas Keatinge (@dougkeatinge) August 18, 2020
Some questioned whether it was real while others suggested ringing St Patrick.
It turned out to be a harmless ball python belonging to a next door neighbour. Mona Lisa, who usually eats mice, had been missing for a month.
Doug told 98fm news that he wasn't sure whether his children were playing a prank on him;
"I went out again to have a look and was a bit alarmed because suddenly there was no snake there so I thought Jesus there's a snake now on the loose"
He went on to say "the snake had kind of moved a bit so then I found the snake about three or four feet away in a flower bed and it was definitely alive."
