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Living Planet Aquarium staff members Karen Sprague, right Jocelyn Haley, Brian Marquez, and Chris Barela hold the aquarium's anaconda while she is measured in Sandy on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. The anaconda was being transferred to a temporary container so Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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An anaconda is measured while being moved to an off-site location at the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. The aquarium is in the process of moving all its animals in preparation for the opening of the new site in Draper that is Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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The Living Planet Aquarium's anaconda is measured while being moved to an off-site location at the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. The aquarium is in the process of moving all its animals in preparation for the opening of the n Laura Seitz, Deseret News

By Deseret News

SANDY — This was more than just finding a snake in the grass.

The Living Planet Aquarium's anaconda Thursday was moved off-site from the aquarium location in Sandy. The aquarium is in the process of moving all its animals in preparation for the opening of the new site in Draper that is expected to open in mid- to late December of this year.

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The anaconda measures 14 feet, 2 inches.

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