Boa Constrictor Found In Morningside Heights Laundromat

081109boa.jpg Employees at a laundromat in Morningside Heights found a four-feet-long, nine-pound boa constrictor curled up between bags of clothes this morning. Animal Care and Control officials say the snake was safely removed by police and taken to its offices in East Harlem for a checkup. Jose Ortiz of Animal Care and Control tells NY1, "It's a very timid snake, not an aggressive snake at all." Yeah, that's probably because it was napping while digesting Snuggle. Animal Care and Control says the boa will be sent to a reptile sanctuary upstate and will eventually be released back into the wild. The incident is only the latest in a long line of surprise snake discoveries in the city; in June a Bronx woman discovered a five-foot long, tan-colored snake under her dining room table; in February two boys found a boa between the couch cushions in their Bensonhurst apartment, and who could forget the python in the toilet? Not us; that's why we're sleeping on our office desks in diapers and hand-washing our clothes!

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I'm no journalist and know nothing about how news is "supposed" to be reported, but shouldn't NY1 have maybe mentioned WHICH laundromat in Morningside heights the snake was found in, and perhaps IDENTIFIED the man with the Armani Exchange T-shirt? seems to me those are rather important details.

Pretty sure it identifies it as Gracie Laundry, on 110 and Columbus. And yes, that's my local laundromat.

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"That's probably because it was napping while digesting Snuggle."
that's why I keep coming to Gothamist for my news fix

"Animal Care and Control says the snakeAnimal Care and Control says the snake will go to a reptile sanctuary upstate and will eventually be released back into the wild."

Huh? This snake is a boa constrictor and not even remotely native to this area. ACC is going to release it into the "wild?" What wild is that? Can it survive?

"a reptile sanctuary upstate"
Attica Correctional Facility for Snakes?

Good Lord I can't imagine the reaction of the person that found the snake...he/she must have shit themselves.

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