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| Viral video shows snake eating pigeon in busy London street | Viral video shows snake eating pigeon in busy London street |
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| A snake has been seen eating a pigeon on a busy street in east London. | A snake has been seen eating a pigeon on a busy street in east London. |
| Photographs and video posted on social media showed the snake coiled around the bird on the pavement outside a shop on Leytonstone High Road on Saturday morning. | Photographs and video posted on social media showed the snake coiled around the bird on the pavement outside a shop on Leytonstone High Road on Saturday morning. |
| The Evening Standard reported that onlookers had fed the already dead pigeon to the snake. A spokeswoman for the animal charity RSPCA, which was called to the incident, said it did not believe the snake hunted down and killed the bird. | The Evening Standard reported that onlookers had fed the already dead pigeon to the snake. A spokeswoman for the animal charity RSPCA, which was called to the incident, said it did not believe the snake hunted down and killed the bird. |
| Just a python eating a pigeon on Leytonstone High Road #londonlife pic.twitter.com/pFJDCAwVpG | Just a python eating a pigeon on Leytonstone High Road #londonlife pic.twitter.com/pFJDCAwVpG |
| The snake was taken to a nearby wildlife centre, where it was being assessed, the animal welfare charity said | The snake was taken to a nearby wildlife centre, where it was being assessed, the animal welfare charity said |
| Rebecca Benson, an RSPCA inspector, told the Press Association: “I’m very keen to find out how he came to be in such a dangerous situation. | Rebecca Benson, an RSPCA inspector, told the Press Association: “I’m very keen to find out how he came to be in such a dangerous situation. |
| “Exposed like that on a street could have meant anything might have happened to him – he could have been run over by a car or attacked by another animal. | “Exposed like that on a street could have meant anything might have happened to him – he could have been run over by a car or attacked by another animal. |
| “It might be that he is an escaped pet or, more worryingly, someone may have deliberately dumped him and left him to fend for himself.” | “It might be that he is an escaped pet or, more worryingly, someone may have deliberately dumped him and left him to fend for himself.” |
| On Monday, it was reported that an eight-foot python had slithered through the plumbing of a toilet into a blind man’s flat in Exeter. | On Monday, it was reported that an eight-foot python had slithered through the plumbing of a toilet into a blind man’s flat in Exeter. |
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