By Associated Press - Saturday, March 25, 2017

LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) - Deputies in central Florida removed a nearly 6-foot long snake from the home of an elderly woman.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the banded water-snake was removed Friday from a home in Lake Wales, Florida.

The Orlando Sentinel (https://bit.ly/2n5hs6s ) reports that after a photo of the snake with deputies was posted on Facebook and went viral, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office took to social media to ask if the Polk County Sheriff’s Office could help them find a missing cobra.



The cobra escaped its pen in an Ocala, Florida home two weeks ago and hasn’t been seen since.

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Information from: Orlando Sentinel, https://www.orlandosentinel.com/

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