# Snake on a plane!  For real!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-on-a-plane-for-real/771024>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 8, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-on-a-plane-for-real/771024 "2016-11-08T00:28:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-on-a-plane-for-real/771024/1 "2016-11-08T00:28:16Z")

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> **[Snake on a Plane: Reptile Gives Passengers Mid-Flight Scare](https://abcnews.go.com/International/snake-plane-reptile-passengers-mid-flight-scare/story?id=43372257)**
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> A passenger captured video of the snake slithering on the ceiling.

That’s a flight I would not have wanted to be on.

Why did it have to be a snake?

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-on-a-plane-for-real/771024/2 "2016-11-08T00:39:46Z")

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It didn’t say what kind of snake. I wonder if it was venomous? That would certainly throw a scare into me.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-on-a-plane-for-real/771024/3 "2016-11-08T00:55:35Z")

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TV news, ABC, said it was a green viper, quite venomous.

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**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-on-a-plane-for-real/771024/4 "2016-11-08T03:20:25Z")

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I can’t bring my nail clippers, but someone gets to pack _ **that** _ into a carry on?:mad:

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**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-on-a-plane-for-real/771024/5 "2016-11-08T04:18:12Z")

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I heard it not sure how the snake got on the plane but I was thinking someone could had put in it their carry one and it got out . But wouldn’t it had showed up in the xray ?

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-on-a-plane-for-real/771024/6 "2016-11-08T04:21:25Z")

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> [@Baker](#):
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> Why did it have to be a snake?

Because it _HAD TO_ be a snake!

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-on-a-plane-for-real/771024/7 "2016-11-08T20:34:23Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> Because it _HAD TO_ be a snake!

Maybe his name was Reggie.