Aug. 21 (UPI) — A snake discovered in a shopping cart in Iowa has a brand-new long-term home at a Nebraska Community College, authorities said.
Sioux City Animal Adoption and Rescue said the Colombian red-tailed boa constrictor was discovered previously this month inside a shopping cart at the Target store on Sunnybrook Drive in Sioux City.
Officials said they were not able to recognize the snake’s owner or identify how it happened in the shopping cart.
Professor Dan Fogell increased from Lincoln, Neb., to bring the snake to its brand-new home at Southeast Community College.
“If we keep him in our laboratory, we’ll most likely utilize him for outreach,” Fogell informed KCAU-TV. “We have a number of nights a year where we do family science night. We constantly like to have some huge snakes for kids to come manage and have their image taken with, so we’ll most likely keep him around for that.”
Fogell said the snake has actually been called Target — pronounced “Tar-Zhay.”