Snakes are frequent flyers on airplanes; they are crisscrossing the skies as part of an emerging market in pet reptiles. However, they travel in cargo confined to fortified cages. Mike Osborn, a wildlife inspector with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) at the Los Angeles International Airport told NationalGeographic. com, "In my 20-odd years, I've never heard of an incident where a snake escaped into the passenger area. "

Staff at a German post office were frightened when a 5-foot python escaped from a packet mailed by a 28-year-old woman. The woman labeled the pack "attention - glass," and had mailed it to a client in an Internet sale. Reuters quotes police spokesman Andreas Blum as saying, "Staff accepted the package and put it in the back of the office -- they had no idea what it was. " He said, "All of a sudden, they noticed that it started moving around and then saw a big snake wriggling out of it. "

Authorities stated that an exotic dancer is to be arraigned on Wednesday for improper disposition of human remains. On July 21, police responded to a report of a suicidal person at the home of 31-year-old Linda Kay.

Emergency surgery saved the life of a 12-foot Burmese python after it swallowed an entire queen-size electric blanket, complete with cord and control box. The blanket was kept in the snake's cage for warmth and owner Karl Beznoska said it must have gotten tangled in the snake's rabbit dinner. Veterinarians say it probably took Houdini the snake six hours to swallow the blanket.

It took surgery to save a 12-foot Burmese python after it swallowed an entire queen-size electric blanket - with the electrical cord and control box, reported AP. The blanket must have gotten tangled up in the snake's rabbit dinner, owner Karl Beznoska said. He kept the blanket in the cage to keep the 60-pound reptile, named Houdini, warm. "Somehow, he was able to unplug the electric cord," Beznoska said. "He at least wasn't hooked up to the power. It might have been pretty warm there. "