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This is Sid. I met him last night at a wonderful talk on "The Safe and Sensible Way to Keep Snakes". Sid was the star attraction he is a Burmese Python. He is 11ft (3.4m) long and weighs 5.5 st (78lbs or 34.7kg) and I got to hold him and play with him.

Mrs Braces and I have no intention of keeping snakes but neither of us has ever touched or held a snake in our lives before and thought this would be a great opportunity to tick those boxes. They were smooth, cool, very strong and heavy for their size.