Video shows two-metre-long snake found dead on shoreline of Mississauga's Credit River
A dead snake measuring more than two metres in length was pulled from the Credit River on Monday afternoon, says Mississauga Animal Services (MAS).
A video circulating on social media shows what looks to be a large grey-and-black-coloured snake partially submerged in the water near the shore. A duck is seen floating nearby for most of the clip. The reptile does not move at all in the footage.
Animal services confirmed that they received a call on Monday afternoon about a snake and retrieved a “deceased boa” at Erindale Park on the shoreline of the Credit River.
“It appears that an otherwise healthy snake succumbed to the conditions,” they said in a statement provided to CP24.
Mississauga Animal Services said that the snake in question is likely a non-native species, possibly a red-tail boa constrictor. This type of snake needs a “much warmer climate and temperatures for survival,” they noted.
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