A ball python in Fond du Lac , Wisconsin , is have an excellent beginning of the semester after break loose from its skill research laboratory confines right before school come out . Kai , the three - foot - farseeing snake , is on the free in Fond du Lac High School .
Milwaukee Journal Sentinelreports that a science teacher bring the serpent to the school , but it broke free over the Labor Day weekend .
“ It ’s one of those thing you do n’t want to have to occupy about , especially at the start of the school twelvemonth , ” Fond du Lac High School Principal Matt Steinbarth order the newspaper .
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On Tuesday , the schooltime sent out mass electronic mail and voicemails to the families of its 2,000 students warn them about the liberated Hydra and clarifying that it is non - venomous and wo n’t harm anyone .
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report on Tuesday that officials believe Kai could still be in the schoolroom since the doors were closed , or it could have escaped through the collyrium station drain . But on Wednesday Steinbarth tell local news stationWBAYthe school is investigating another possible escape path .
“ We did see that there ’s slither marks that are in that , that ventilation system that goes out to the roof , ” Steinbarth told WBAY , adding that the schooling plans to take apart the ventilation system system to see if Kai is enshroud indoors .
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WBAY reports that the school set traps that wo n’t harm Kai .
Firefighters used estrus detector to search for warm areas where Kai might be nesting .
“ They normally go somewhere warm or somewhere low , so they do n’t wish astray - open space , and they care warmth , ” local snake enthusiast Steven Keller told WBAY .
Keller , who runs a local serpent amusement operation squall Sten Keller ’s Traveling Snake Snow say WBAY that if students or school employees find Kai , the should remain unagitated . “ Do n’t panic . There ’s perfectly nothing to worry about . When you find him , it will probably be loop up somewhere lovesome , ” Keller suppose . “ Do n’t be surprised if he shows up in a desk draftsman or something . ”
The schoolhouse consulted with herpetologists about the subject . “ They all say the same thing — if it does n’t want to be encounter , it wo n’t be found until it needs something , ” Steinbarth told Milwaukee Journal Sentinel .
Kai had recently been fed , so it could be calendar month before he amount out reckon for food .
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