Our guest – a python

Another gem from the Cyprus Observer 3-9 August this time reporting on the recovery of a 1.5 metre long baby-python at a house in Nicosia. Apparently according to the law the snake should have been destroyed, but luckily for the snake the species is under threat of extinction, but due to a lack of a zoo it was decided to deliver it to an international institution. However, while awaiting transportation ……

‘The Python, being kept in a fish tank in the Agriculture Minister’s office, was not tempted by a live mouse throughout the press meeting however it ate it as soon as the meeting was over. Ministry officials stated that the python had no further intention to hunt once it was fed……. The python will be on display for a week for interested visitors at the Veterinary Department office in Nicosia”.