(CNN) Search teams in Baton Rouge are rolling snake eyes when it comes to finding Cara, a large, banana-yellow Burmese python that slithered out of her exhibit in the Blue Zoo aquarium in the Mall of Louisiana on Monday night. The mall, home to more than 140 stores, closed briefly Tuesday morning after Cara was discovered missing, according to CNN affiliate WAFB . But Blue Zoo staff helped shed the mall's concerns, confident that the 12-foot-long python was hidden somewhere in the store. Wes Haws, Blue Zoo's CEO and founder, said teams plan to start tearing down the aquarium's walls Wednesday night if they have still not found Cara. Burmese pythons are nonvenomous snakes that kill prey like mammals, birds and reptiles by constricting them, but they have a low risk of attacking humans.

Source: CNN July 08, 2021 00:33 UTC