NRW: Live constrictor discovered in a garbage bag in the park

Created: 05/24/2022, 17:23

By: Nina Büchs

A walker in Duisburg discovered a terrarium in the white garbage bag – with a live corn snake.

(IDZRW montage) © Duisburg police

When a man went for a walk in Duisburg on Tuesday, he found a garbage bag.

Inside he discovered a live corn snake.

The police are now looking for the owner.

Duisburg – Unusual find on Tuesday morning around 10:40 a.m. in the Beeck district of Duisburg: According to the police, a walker accidentally came across a large, white garbage bag with a live snake in it.

The garbage bag was placed on a green area on Papiermühlenstraße, it is said.

Duisburg: Walkers discovered garbage bag – and found live corn snakes in it

According to the police, there was a terrarium in the garbage bag that was wrapped in a sheet.

But that was not empty, but was inhabited at the time of the find.

"A corn snake about 50 centimeters tall was snaking on a tree trunk," the police said.

Upon seeing the animal, the man alerted police, who turned the snake over to an animal rescue service.

She is now being cared for there in a species-appropriate manner, reports 24RHEIN.

• Corn snake - profile

• Scientific name: Pantherophis guttatus

• Life expectancy: 6 – 8 years (in the wild)

• Length: 61 - 180 cm (adult animal)

• Clutch size: 10 – 30 cm

• Weight: 900 g (adult animal)

Corn snakes are not poisonous.

They belong to the constrictors.

It is not dangerous for humans.

The snake species mostly feeds on small mammals, such as mice or rats.

They also prey on birds, for example by plundering bird nests and eating the eggs and young birds they contain.

Shock in Duisburg: garbage bag found with a living snake – police are looking for witnesses

The police have now started the investigation and are looking for the owner of the snake.

In this context, witnesses who observed who parked the terrarium are being sought.

Information is accepted on 0203 2800.

It happens again and again that people unintentionally come across animals that have been left behind - this is also the case in Merzenich in the district of Düren.

Three ball pythons were released there within a week last year.

All animals were in poor condition, one snake died shortly thereafter.