PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (Pennsylvania) 12 July 07 Anaconda gets radiation for cancer at Penn
Sir Mix-a-lot, an anaconda from the Brandywine Zoo in Delaware, is carried to a table for radiation by Penn's Steve Kobel and Leslie Brennan.
How do you treat an anaconda with a squamous-cell carcinoma? Zap him!
Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania today prepared Sir Mix-a-Lot, a snake from the Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington, Del., for radiation aimed at his cancer.
Radiation therapy for snakes is unheard of, and Sir Mix-a-Lot's attitude in the treatment room was, well, mixed.
Stay tuned for updates on his condition.
Anaconda gets radiation for cancer at Penn