Officers Get Called For Deadly Rattlesnake. It Was A Toy Cobra

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The rattlesnake turned out to be a rubber toy.
Animal control officers in California, USA, recently got a call from a homeowner to remove a deadly rattlesnake
from their backyard
Since rattlesnakes are venomous and their bite, if not treated, can even cause death, the caller was understandably rattled.Mercury News
reports that a homeowner in Los Altos Hills claimed on Monday night that he had seen what appeared to be a dead snake in the middle of his
backyard
The homeowner said that the snake had not moved in days, but he did not want to get close to it
actually a toy rubber cobra."It's rare that we get called to dispose of a dead snake, EVEN MORE rarely do they turn into Cobras and
homeowner and told him it was fake," Mr Macartney said to Mercury News
"He asked if I was sure, and I said yes, and bent it into another position."Still April Fools!!" writes one person in the comments section
"It looks so real!" says another.This is definitely not the first time that a toy animal has created panic
In February, a 45-minute standoff between the police and a tiger ended when the police realised it was a stuffed toy.More recently, a street
was cordoned off for two hours for a plastic scorpion, while New Yorkers reported sightings of a tiger that turned out to be a