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You Can Now Legally Ship Your Enemy a 20-Foot, Man-Eating Python

SNAKES ON A PLANE

It’s officially legal to ship reticulated pythons and green anacondas, known to literally eat humans, across the continental US.

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Forget glitter bombs or dog poop. Now you can mail your enemy a huge, man-eating python.

A Washington, D.C., circuit court decided Friday that it is no longer a federal crime to ship both reticulated pythons and green anacondas within the 49 continental states.

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