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 Snakes on a playground! Police called to London park after parents spot two boa constrictors slithering between the swings... and one was EIGHT FEET long 
 
 Two boa constrictors pulled from the bushes of a children's playground 
 
 Fully grown snakes were spotted by terrified parents near the swings 
 
 Snakes caught by police using a litter picker and stuffed into evidence bags 
 
 
 
 Police have captured boa constrictors living at a children's playground after terrified parents spotted them slithering around the kids' swings. 
 
 The two massive snakes measured 8ft and 6ft in length and were pulled from the bushes of the playground at Plashet Park in East Ham, London. 
 
 Worried parents called 999 after they spotted the snakes, which can grow up to 18ft in length, inhabiting the area. 
 
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 The boa constrictors inhabiting Plashet Park are captured by police officers and stuffed into evidence bags 
 
 The officers used a litter picker to capture the snakes which they found hiding in the children's park bushes 
 
 PC Simon Furia managed to pick up the two boa constrictors using a litter picker and put them in brown evidence bags, before they were handed over to the RSPCA. 
 
 Father-of-two Freddie Spence, 31, of East Ham, said: 'The last thing you think of coming face-to-face with in East Ham is a boa constrictor. 
 
 'I’m not going anywhere near the park until they call in the experts and figure out why the park is full of snakes - there is no chance my kids are going there to be gobbled up until they sort this out.' 
 
 Adult boa constrictors in captivity feed on rats, mice, rabbits and even chickens - meaning a cat, small dog, or guinea pig would be ‘easy prey’ for the escaped snakes, which are believed to have been set free in the park by an owner who could no longer afford to keep them. 
 
 The maximum length of a boa is 18ft, but they usually only grow to about 10ft. 
 
 The reptiles are indigenous to the Americas and kill their prey by asphyxiating them - wrapping themselves around their prey and crushing the life out of them. 
 
 The snakes were found living in the bushes of East Ham's Plashet Park, an area popular with children It's believed the snakes were dumped in the park by a pet owner who could no longer afford to care for them 
 
 The news two large snakes had been found in a London playground frightened a number of locals. 
 
 Writing online, one said: 'The police found snakes in Plashet Park... Literally on my doorstep.. Yo, I’m moving to Essex.' 
 
 Another wrote: 'Just went past Plashet Park - keeping my eyes open for those snakes.' 
 
 Young boa constrictors need to be fed once a week, but older snakes can go without food for up to a month. 
 
 Experts warn that adult boa constrictors should be handled by two people as they are incredibly powerful.
– Talk about unwelcome visitors: Two 8-foot boa constrictors were spotted in an east London park last week and drew a small crowd when police came to remove them, the BBC reports. The snakes, which can grow to 18 feet, were spotted by "terrified parents" beside the park's playground for children, says the Daily Mail. "I’m not going anywhere near the park until they call in the experts and figure out why the park is full of snakes—there is no chance my kids are going there to be gobbled up until they sort this out," said a 31-year-old father of two. Actually, the reptiles first asphyxiate their prey—which (at least in captivity) tend to be little creatures like mice, rats, and rabbits. In a big city, cats and small dogs may be most at risk. An owner who couldn't keep the snakes likely set them free in Plashet Park, says the Mail, leaving them to be grabbed by police with litter pickers and dropped in evidence bags. "This is certainly the most bizarre call I can think of my officers dealing with during my time in Newham," said a police official. British papers didn't report on the fate of the snakes. See a video of the police action, or read about a 20-foot-snake in a New Jersey lake.