A 12-foot python was found Thursday after her escape at the largest mall in Louisiana.
Cara, a yellow and white Burmese python who lives in the Blue Zoo Aquarium at Baton Rouge’s Mall of Louisiana, escaped from her enclosure on Tuesday. She was found in a crawl space.
Veterinarians at the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine checked her, and she was discharged the same day.
After being examined by the zoological medicine team at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Cara the Python is discharged and going home! #WeHeal #LSU #carathepython pic.twitter.com/Scr3i4tykz
— LSU Veterinary Med (@LSUVetMed) July 8, 2021
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Pythons kill their prey, most mammals, by wrapping around their bodies and squeezing them until they suffocate. After the prey is dead, they swallow their kill whole. An Indiana woman was found dead in 2019 with an 8-foot python wrapped around her neck.
Picture from inside the Mall of Louisiana where law enforcement is trying to locate an escaped python from the Blue Zoo. Witness said they are climbing the ladder looking @WBRZ pic.twitter.com/xJsaCMlMaT
— Bess Casserleigh (@BCasserleigh) July 6, 2021
Cara’s disappearance resulted in the mall’s closure on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the mall reopened while the Blue Zoo stayed closed for the search.
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It is unknown how she escaped from her habitat, but the Blue Zoo is investigating.
