Snakes on the Loose in the UK! More Scaremongering from the Press and the Real Story Behind the Headlines

This morning on ITV the presenters Rylan and Gok Wan presented a piece about “Snakes on the loose in Britain” suggesting that the UK is crawling with escaped pet snakes.

the presenters made a huge show of how terrifying it must be for people living in the UK right now.

Is that true?