There are a few smallish snakes native to Granada Province but 2.5 metre pythons like the one currently terrorising a whole neighbourhood in Motril are not part of the natural fauna of the area. The beautiful creature (christened La Señora by locals) has been living in the eaves of an apartment block for three weeks, supposedly eating pigeons' eggs, and she has some babies with her. Looks like an albino Burmese python to me, though I'm hardly an expert, and she's clearly escaped from someone's flat. The old ladies of the barrio of Los Pisillos are in quite a tizzy, but the authorities have said there's nothing they can do and "anyway, she's not venomous". Follow this link for the story (in Spanish) in Ideal and watch the hilarious video. The head of the snake can be seen clearly over the roof slates and she doesn't look 2.5 metres to me - but maybe that's one of the babies. In one shot you can also see someone's collection of marijuana plants growing on a balcony. Interestingly there are two words for snake in Spanish - culebra means any old snake you might step on in the back yard, but serpiente is clearly the term for a drama snake.
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