Yellow anaconda is removed from TOILET in Virginia apartment.

'Usually those calls are nothing we are too concerned about,' Chelsea Lindsey, the agency's communication specialist, told WTOP. 

'Normally we deal with smaller snakes [in toilets] like wild snake or ball pythons, but we discovered it wasn't a python - it was a yellow anaconda.' 

The anaconda, which the officers named 'Sir Hiss', was safely removed from the toilet and no one was injured.

Lindsey said the snake was not aggressive, but actually scared of the situation. 

'He is a more unusual, larger type of snake,' she said. 'But he wasn't going around trying to eat people.'  

The Animal Welfare League of Arlington (AWLA) is investigating how the snake ended up in the toilet. 

Lindsey believes the anaconda was likely abandoned by its owner and then went into the toilet seeking rats or mice to eat. 

'We don't want people thinking there was an anaconda outside that came inside,' she said.

Although they are non-venomous, yellow anacondas can be dangerous when they reach their full size. They can grow up to 13ft and weigh more than 100lb (file photo of adult anaconda).

'There wasn't an anaconda crawling around Arlington.'  

A specialist familiar with the anaconda's species has since taken custody of Sir His and will give him 'the care that he needs', AWLA wrote on their Facebook.

Yellow anacondas need specialized care as they can grow up to 13ft long and weigh more than 100lb. 

Although they are non-venomous, yellow anacondas can be dangerous when they reach their full size if they are not well-socialized. 

'We are glad that in this circumstance we were able to rescue this snake,' AWLA wrote. 

 'And that he did not make it out of the apartment complex and into the wild.' 

 

 

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