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Alabama Police Capture Unusual Suspect Lurking in Home ToiletPolice have sworn an oath to protect and serve their communities. Sometimes that means responding to calls about unusual suspects lurking in unusual places.Police in Eufaula, Alabama, were called to a home about a trespasser slithering and hiding on the property. When they arrived they found a frightening, but harmless, rat snake curled up in the toilet. How the snake got there is unclear. Thankfully, the police were able to remove the snake from the premises.  The snake was released on its own recognizance with the expectation that it will not become a repeat offender. The Eufaula Police Department joked, “In the snake's defense, he was just trying to reach the homeowner about their car’s extended warranty.”Image Credit: Eufaula Alabama Police Department#snake

Snake on a Couch: Homeowner Found a 7-Foot Snake Behind his Sofa's CushionRemember the iconic movie entitled Snakes on a Plane? It gave me similar chills when I was reading about a 7-foot snake found on a man's couch.A Chula Vista, California homeowner called a snake removal company to get help with the removal of a giant 7-foot Vietnamese blue beauty rat snake. The snake had entered his house and was stuck behind the cushion of his couch. According to the reptile removal company, this type of snake is so rare that a person has more chances of finding a Rolex on the ground than seeing this reptile. At the time of removal, the snake's owner was still unknown. The snake was taken into the care of a person who handles exotic animals and was treated for a respiratory infection.Video credit: ABC 10 News#Snake #Reptile #Animal #Wildlife #Couch

Sloth Casually Walks Over an AnacondaWatch a sloth just nonchalantly (and slowly) walk past a giant anaconda, even touching it and passing over its head. Either the sloth knows he's in no danger, or he's just plain dumb. The snake could have easily grabbed the sloth and snuffed its life out, but for some reason, it didn't. The discussion at reddit gives us some clues.1. A sloth doesn't make a great meal. They don't have much meat, and it is "slimy, chewy and gamey."2. Sloth fur is covered in algae, which is an ecosystem for insects, fungi, parasites, and other creatures. The smell can easily turn a predator off. 3. Sloths are not on an anacondas list of favorite foods, but they will eat one if they're hungry enough. However, these snakes eat such large meals, they don't get hungry until they've digested their last meal, which can take days. Sloths are slow and have poor eyesight, but considering that this one didn't even change direction after he touched the anaconda, we have to believe it's just dumb. And lucky.#sloth #anaconda #snake   

Green Furry Snake Caught in ThailandSakhon Nakhon local Tu, 49, was walking near his home when he spotted a mysterious furry snake floating in a swamp. The 2-foot long snake had a fur-like frilly body that resembled a dragon.He brought the creature home and kept it in an earthen water jar. Upon seeing it, everyone was astonished by the snake’s appearance. Tu’s niece posted a video of the reptile, asking experts to identify their strange discovery.While waiting for officials to identify the animal, some speculated that it might be a puff-faced water snake that had moss growing on its body from waiting so long in the swamp to catch its prey in the still water. That species of water snake is believed to have originated from the Indonesian archipelago.#snake #Indonesia #moss #furrysnake #greensnake #dragon

Snakes on a Plane The Immersive Experience: AirAsia Flight Re-Routed When Snake Found in the AircraftIt’s “Snakes on a Plane” in real life!An AirAsia flight from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau was forced to reroute when passengers reported seeing a snake on board the aircraft. According to a video posted on social media, the snake was found slithering on the light fixture. Once the pilot got word of the extra passenger, he immediately made a detour to the city of Kuching where the reptile was safely removed and the plane fumigated.Shortly after, the plane resumed its journey to Tawau. AirAsia’s representative has come out to laud the pilot for his swift action and further added that no passengers or crew were harmed during the incident.Image (unrelated): Snakes on a Plane (2006)/IMDb#SnakeonaPlane #snake #airplane #AirAsia #Malaysia

Trapper Mike and Florida Mom Dislodge Python from Car WheelThis Thanksgiving, it appears that there was a lot to be thankful for! Snake trapper Mike Kimmel's family had a terrifying encounter with a python caught in their automobile wheel.Mike, commonly known as Python Cowboy, and his mother extracted the python from their automobile tire. While Mike was struggling to force the snake's head into the barrel, his mother could be seen heroically pulling the python's tail on the side where the car's trunk lies. Thankfully, the Python Cowboy Team were successful in removing the snake from their home and vehicle. They can now joke about their family's python removal adventure by captioning their photo "Thanksgiving in Florida," which includes a shrug emoji and the hashtag #snakesgiving.In addition, Kimmel recorded the encounter and shared it on his YouTube channel and other media networks to educate his fans about python trapping and wildlife conservation.Photo by: Mike Kimmel#Thanksgiving #Python #Florida #Snakesgiving #PythonCowboy #snake

This Christmas Tree Came with a Bonus SnakeHere is a good reason to get your cats to inspect your Christmas tree. Rob and Marcela Wild put a Christmas tree up in their home in the Western Cape area of South Africa. Not long after getting the tree decorated, they saw their cats staring at a particular spot in the tree branches. They were watching a snake! It was a venomousboomslang. While the boomslang is not an aggressive snake and rarely bites, its venom is so deadly that one bite can kill a person. The Wilds wasted no time in calling a professional. Gerrie Heyns came and used "snake tongs" to remove the boomslang from the Christmas tree, and from the house.

Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Washington Gives People an Inside Look at Some of Their Animals for HalloweenThere are many symbols of the Halloween season, including bones, skulls, skeletons, and the like. Radiographs or X-rays of the animals from Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium represent such Halloween vibes, as the skeletons of these animals give us an “inside” look of the Zoo’s animals. Dr. Karen Wolf, the Zoo’s head veterinarian, regularly takes these X-rays for the animals’ health check-ups.

92 Rattlesnakes Found Living Under the Floor of a California HomeSnakes and Ladders? What about snakes in your basement?On October 2, a woman from Santa Rosa contacted Sonoma County Reptile Rescue after fearing she had snakes under her house.The director of Sonoma County Reptile Rescue came to her aid the next day and discovered a crawling mass of 92 snakes under her flooring. The snakes were identified as Northern Pacific Rattlers, which are one of the deadliest snakes in Northern California. According to Wolf, the woman's house appears to have an active den beneath it. Also, the snakes have made it a breeding place and have been there for quite some time.The retrieval of 59 newborns and 22 adult snakestook nearly 4 hours. Then there were two more expeditions to the site, where another 11 snakes were discovered. Despite the large number of snakes discovered and the need to return to the site, no one was bitten.Images by: Alan Wolf, Sonoma County Reptile Rescue#Rattlesnakes #California #SantaRosa #Sonoma #snake

The Funniest Animals From the 2021 Comedy Wildlife Photography AwardsThe Comedy Wildlife Photography Awardscompetition has just released their 2021 finalists for the world's funniest animals, so how could we not post it on Supa Fluffy?The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards competition was started 7 years ago back in 2015 by wildlife photographer Paul Joynson-Hicks MBE. Tom Sullam and Michelle Wood joined in afterwards and the founders grew the online award to a tradition that people all over the world look forward to every year.In addition to photographs, this year's competition also has funny animals caught on video. This one above is from "Hugging best friend after lockdown" by Rahul Lakhmani.More than 7,000 photographs were submitted to the competition and a total of 42 photographs were selected as finalists. The category and overall winners will be announced on October 22, 2021.#FunnyAnimals #ComedyWildlifePhotographyAwardTake a look at our favorite funny animals and finalists 2021 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards below: