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Snake used as car security
01 Mar 2016 at 07:04hrs | Views
IT MAY be an old Toyota Tazz but it must be the safest car in town.
Its owner need never worry about the car being stolen.
Daily Sun reported that who will steal a car with a giant albino python curled up on the front seat of the car.
People stood around the car parked near the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Parktown. They were taking pictures and wondering how the snake got there – but all the time keeping a safe distance from the car in spite of the glass window between them.
When the car's alarm went off people started telling each other the snake had set off the alarm and had even switched it off again.
When the owner, a male nurse at the hospital, arrived he was not nearly as excited as the people around the car.
He opened the door of his grey Tazz, picked up the snake and kissed it on its mouth. Then, as if he was handling a suitcase, he packed the snake in the boot and walked away.
When the SunTeam approached him, he said he didn't understand why people were so excited about the snake.
An employee from the hospital told Daily Sun they will never mess with the owner of the snake.
"If he can handle that animal like that, what will he do to a human being who messes with him?" she asked.
Some of the onlookers said a man like that should go and live in a forest.
Other people started saying it was the snake that had disappeared from the set of Generations: The Legacy but publicity manager for the soapie, Gaaratwe Mokhethi, told Daily Sun it was definitely not the same snake.
"The snake was found on set. It is now with its handlers," said Mokhethi.
Steven Maila from the SPCA told Daily Sun the snake, a Durmise Albino Python, is not found in the wild in South Africa. He said the snake is not dangerous as it is not poisonous.
"We don't encourage people to have snakes as pets," he said.
He added that as soon as they get the full details of the owner they will launch an investigation to see if he has the necessary permits for the snake.
Gauteng Department of Health spokesman Steve Mabona said the Gauteng Department of Health said that after finding a snake in a car on the premises on 26 February, they informed the owner that they do not accommodate any pets at the facility.
"Yesterday he parked his vehicle outside the premises next to a taxi rank," said Mabona.
"Employees are discouraged from bringing animals onto the premises."
Its owner need never worry about the car being stolen.
Daily Sun reported that who will steal a car with a giant albino python curled up on the front seat of the car.
People stood around the car parked near the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Parktown. They were taking pictures and wondering how the snake got there – but all the time keeping a safe distance from the car in spite of the glass window between them.
When the car's alarm went off people started telling each other the snake had set off the alarm and had even switched it off again.
When the owner, a male nurse at the hospital, arrived he was not nearly as excited as the people around the car.
He opened the door of his grey Tazz, picked up the snake and kissed it on its mouth. Then, as if he was handling a suitcase, he packed the snake in the boot and walked away.
When the SunTeam approached him, he said he didn't understand why people were so excited about the snake.
An employee from the hospital told Daily Sun they will never mess with the owner of the snake.
Some of the onlookers said a man like that should go and live in a forest.
Other people started saying it was the snake that had disappeared from the set of Generations: The Legacy but publicity manager for the soapie, Gaaratwe Mokhethi, told Daily Sun it was definitely not the same snake.
"The snake was found on set. It is now with its handlers," said Mokhethi.
Steven Maila from the SPCA told Daily Sun the snake, a Durmise Albino Python, is not found in the wild in South Africa. He said the snake is not dangerous as it is not poisonous.
"We don't encourage people to have snakes as pets," he said.
He added that as soon as they get the full details of the owner they will launch an investigation to see if he has the necessary permits for the snake.
Gauteng Department of Health spokesman Steve Mabona said the Gauteng Department of Health said that after finding a snake in a car on the premises on 26 February, they informed the owner that they do not accommodate any pets at the facility.
"Yesterday he parked his vehicle outside the premises next to a taxi rank," said Mabona.
"Employees are discouraged from bringing animals onto the premises."
Source - Daily Sun
