A Miami resident got a classic South Florida jump scare this week when they opened their backyard shed to find a pot-bellied Burmese python had snuck inside, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR).

The department’s perfectly named snake-response team, Venom One — yes, that’s a real thing — found the nope rope in the 28000 block of SW 141st Street, just south of Miami Executive Airport on Monday. In a video MDFR posted on its Instagram account , Capt. Rusty Shaw, also aptly named, handles the deadly, and apparently well-fed, Burmese python with expert ease, even as the serpent wraps its tail around his leg.

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