When the first email came through, Google employees assumed it was another tedious April Fool joke. A ball python named Kaiser, last seen on the fourth floor of Google's office in Chelsea, was on the loose.
The next morning, another message: the three-foot snake, with brown and grey coloring, is still missing. In an email, New York employees were told: "Our exterminator, with Google's security team and the snake's owner, are searching for it. Should you see the snake, please do not attempt to touch it or pick it up. Call security immediately." Too absurd to be true? Not necessarily: the search engine company is so self-consciously quirky massage chairs! Snack rooms!