Created: 7/31/2005 11:17:48 PM 
By First Coast News Staff
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- They're not the neighbors you'd want near your home -- but one First Coast community found enormous pythons slithering down its streets, and one of animals is still on the loose.
Neighbors started calling the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office a few weeks ago, saying they'd seen a large python off Nain Road on the Southside. Florida Fish & Wildlife officers were able to find and capture one of them, a 13-foot male. The eight-foot female is still missing.
"It was a situation where the same snake escaped at least twice," said Investigator Ken Holmes with Florida Fish and Wildlife.
Both snakes are albino Burmese pythons that the Florida Fish and Wildlife warns could be a "hazard to small children and pets."
If you spot the python or any other strange snake on the loose, call 1-888-404-3922. That'll connect you to the FWC Wildlife Alert Center.
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