“It was a real headache ... and give the snakes arms, legs or ears. Lose the forked tongue. And definitely tone down the scaliness. One such attempt, a 15-foot-tall bright-pink inflatable ...

A real-life snake was filmed slithering out of an overhead locker, which then dropped down the cabin. The passenger who filmed the snake, Indalecio Medina, said the reptile was about 3ft long.