A 20-foot-long python was discovered in the dumpster of a downtown Los Angeles apartment building on Aug. 5. The sick snake, a female later named Apple by her rescuer, had been placed in the dumpster inside a plastic container.

A 20-foot python with a severe mouth infection was found abandoned in the dumpster of a downtown Los Angeles apartment complex.

Snake wrangler Joseph Hart wrestled the python from the dumpster after residents found it in their trash area.