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This photo prompted one community to do something about their forked tongue neighbor.

Mecklenburg County Animal Control has confiscated a 90 pound snake living in a home near Freedom Park. The snake’s owner said he had the snake well controlled and it did not pose a danger to the community.

Neighbors first saw the python on their neighbor’s Myspace.com page.  The page shows the owner with the snake wrapped around his neck and lounging near him on the floor.

Animal Control Vet Mary Blinn said pet snakes, in Mecklenburg County, can not weigh more than 49.5 pounds.

Blinn said they can be dangerous to the owners and the public. 

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“If left alone it could constrict around the neck and they would not be with us anymore,” Blinn said.

Neighbor Colette Ladd told 6NEWS she’d be afraid if the snake got out because she has cats.  “I wouldn’t know how to handle the situation,” she said.

Another neighbor, Mary Steele, said “If he can maintain the surrounds and monitor it, I don’t see why he couldn’t have it.”

Animal Control said the snake has been moved to a rescue center in Tennessee.