Wild python casually shows up to flea market and hangs out in pile of jeans

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A wild Burmese python was spotted in a rather unusual location on Sunday: a pile of jeans at a Florida flea market.

Presumably, the python was on the lookout for hot deals and rare antiques at the Homestead market.

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#MDFR #Venomone captured wild burmese python in flea market at 272 Krome AVE who hid to digest last night's meal. pic.twitter.com/1dSbtVkL5O— MDFR (@MiamiDadeFire) September 27, 2015

According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, the snake had curled up in the clothing to "digest last night's meal."

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The snake was roughly 8 feet long and weighed 40 pounds.

The rescue team promptly handed the python over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

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