Kentucky school's escaped snake found in classroom after three months
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"I think I just didn't put the lid on secure enough."
NEW YORK (Web Desk) - A snake that escaped from its terrarium at a Kentucky school has been found just a few feet away from her former home three months later.
Max Haupt, a science teacher at Walden School in Louisville, said the corn snake, dubbed Gummy Worm by his sixth-graders, escaped from her terrarium in the classroom shortly after she was first brought to the school in September.
"I think I just didn t put the lid on secure enough," Haupt told WDRB-TV.
Months went by, and despite the discovery of a snake skin in the classroom, there were no Gummy Worm sightings until early January.
The school said Aspen Winner, 12, found Gummy Worm wrapped around a heater under a sink in Haupt s classroom after students returned from the holiday break.
"Thirsty yet unharmed, Gummy Worm has been safely returned to her terrarium," the school said in a Facebook post.
Haupt said Gummy Worm s terrarium has now been reinforced with a more heavy-duty lid.
