Odd Find Rattles Reader

Readers expect to find tales, not tails, in books. This story is about the latter. A Carnegie Mellon University Libraries patron discovered a bagged, flattened snake in a copy of Brenda Shaughnessy's "The Octopus Museum." Samuel L. Jackson would not be pleased. Kate Neilsen, a professor of English at Villanova University, found the unexpected bookworm. The snake made headlines after her husband tweeted about the discovery. "So, um..weird question: is this your snake?- My wife checked out a book of poetry from @CMULibraries and it came with a snake in a bag," tweeted Joey Neilsen, a physics professor at Villanova. University Libraries retweeted his note with the comment, "Maybe it was a hisstory book? (please don't put snakes in books)." Maybe it was a hissstory book? ¯\_(?)_/¯ - (please don't put snakes in books) https://t.co/hISAJ1muIQ - CMU Libraries (@CMULibraries) February 3, 2021 The snake and the book are heading back to Pittsburgh.