No, not another post about Mark Sanford.

I'm talking about snakes.  Actual snakes.  Big ones. 

I'm talking about Burmese pythons up to 25 feet long that eat kitties and poodles and potentially, babies.

Now scientists fear this invasive species is silently slithering northward.

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"The question is really, well, can they survive in a place like South Carolina or North Carolina or Arkansas or Tennessee?" [NC biology professor Mike] Dorcas said.

Let's hope not.