article_snippet.sent: A bizarre search is now unfolding on Queensland's Gold Coast as authorities try to locate the reptile which could pose a threat to local wildlife and even people's pet cats and dogs.
article_snippet.sent: Queensland Police found the snake at the base of a tree on a footpath (pictured) in Surfers Paradise and then released the snake  into the wild .
article_snippet.sent: Queensland Police say officers were called to The Esplanade at Surfers Paradise on or about March 26, to respond to reports of a large snake spotted at the base of a tree on a footpath.
article_snippet.sent: officers released the reptile into bushland at the Southport Spit, but the incident has since sparked an operation by Biosecurity Queensland officers who say a large snake spotted at the base of a tree on a footpath isn't a harmless python after all.
article_snippet.sent: The reptile which could pose a threat to local wildlife and even people's pet cats and dogs (stock photo)
article_snippet.sent: Biosecurity Queensland is working with the Gold Coast City Council in a bid to find a large snake spotted at the base of a tree on a footpath. '
article_snippet.sent: Police originally caught a large snake spotted at the base of a tree on a footpath in a sheet after spotting a large snake spotted at the base of a tree on a footpath under a tree in Surfers Paradise before Police released a large snake spotted at the base of a tree on a footpath in bushland at The Spit,' a spokesman said. '
article_snippet.sent: Police say Police captured a large snake spotted at the base of a tree on a footpath when a large snake spotted at the base of a tree on a footpath started moving towards people.'