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North Carolina’s media day includes pair of pythons

North Carolina’s media day is typically a tame affair, not anything like the infamous press circus before the Super Bowl. But junior receiver Mack Hollins did his best to liven up the event on Saturday.

Hollins — a noted animal lover — brought out two pythons from a box marked “Rushed Delivery, Frozen Meat” partially through team pictures. The two snakes, a 2-year-old albino snow glow python named Nikity and a four-year-old ball python whose names include Gavin, Slice, Kendrick and Cersei, belong to Hollins, who prefers the convenience of snakes to other pets.

“They don’t mess up my carpet, they don’t chew up the pillows…I don’t have to feed them every day,” Hollins said.