Constrictor sunbathes in the Munich garden – residents alert the fire brigade

Created: 06/08/2022, 13:10

By: Franziska Konrad

This corn snake discovered residents on a woodpile in their yard.

© Fire Department Munich/Franz Met

Shock in your own garden: In the Milbertshofen am Hart district of Munich, residents encountered a one-meter-long line.

The fire department had to catch the animal.

Munich – Great shock for the residents of a family home in Munich: In their garden they discovered a constrictor about a meter long.

The fire brigade arrived a little later - and was able to quickly give the all-clear.

Munich: Snake discovered on a pile of wood in the garden - the fire brigade is approaching

According to a press release from the Munich fire department, residents came across a brown snake on a pile of wood in their garden on Franz-Metzner-Strasse.

Unable to identify the snake as native, they alerted the fire department.

Animal use: The Munich fire brigade had to take care of a snake a good one meter long.

© Fire Department Munich

Arrived at the site in Milbertshofen am Hart, emergency services photographed the animal - and sent it to a colleague who knew reptiles.

He identified the snake as a non-venomous - and harmless to humans - corn snake.

Snake in the garden: the fire brigade starts calling the owner

The fire brigade then took the animal to a reptile sanctuary.

The snake is now waiting there for its owner.

Call from the Munich fire brigade: Anyone who recognizes or misses the snake should report to the reptile sanctuary on Kaulbachstrasse.

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