Watch as eight-foot Burmese python found hiding under floorboards at New Jersey home

• An eight-foot, 40lbs Burmese python was discovered in a New Jersey back garden, sheltering under a shed.
• Monmouth County SPCA animal control officers, with the help of a local contractor, carefully extracted the reptile.
• Veterinary staff found a large bulge in the python, and X-rays confirmed it had recently consumed a possum.
• The SPCA issued a warning against releasing exotic pets into the wild, highlighting the dangers to local ecosystems and the animals themselves.
• They urged pet owners who can no longer care for exotic animals to contact a rescue centre.

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Eight-foot Burmese python which had just feasted on possum found in New Jersey back garden