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BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD) – The Blue Zoo Aquarium is currently on lockdown after a python is believed to have escaped its enclosure inside of the mall.

Here are a few details about the missing snake that were provided by a representative of the aquarium:

  • Her name is “Cara”
  • She is a *friendly Burmese Python
  • She is frequently handled by employees
  • She is also used routinely for educational purposes
  • Blue Zoo chose to close voluntarily while they look for Cara

We’ll provide more details as they are made available.