Texas woman calls Mom then police after finding snake in her bath

Police in Texas have safely removed a 3ft (91cm) snake that a woman discovered in her bath.

Texas woman find rat snake in her bath! Image by John Flannery / CC BY-SA 2.0

Officers said a woman called police to say her adult daughter had found a snake in her bath and needed help removing it. The daughter had called her mother after finding the snake. It was a rat snake, which is not venomous.

Authorities are unsure how or why the snake ended up coiled in the tub. Police said it was possible the snake was flooded from its habitat during recent storms, ended up in a drain line and wiggled its way up into the bath. The reptile was released in nearby woodland.

(Press Association)