From todays amNY newspaper Animal Report column:

Python plays hookie

Students at a Long Island school have more than the three R's to deal with these days -- they're also hunting for a reptile that's on the loose. The 2-foot serpent's naim is Slim, a ball python who excaped from its tank in the sixth-grade sicence room it had occupied for five years at the Hauppauge Middle School. (AP)

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I think that they mean 5 months. My ball python is only 4 months old and is almost 2 feet long. Is it possible for a BP to remain only 2 feet after 5 years?