Man Accused Of Throwing 13-Foot-Long Python At Sushi Bar Customers

That’s no eel in the sushi.

A former California exotic pet dealer furious with the management of a sushi restaurant let a 13-foot python loose in the dining room.

Hiroshi Motohashi’s cold-blooded Sunday assault on Studio City’s Iroha Sushi of Tokyo sent panicked customers scurrying out of the café.

“Everyone’s, like, eating so customers are yelling, ‘Get this thing out! Are you crazy?’” waitress Jessie Davaadorj told CBS Los Angeles.

Police said the disgruntled diner left the slithering surprise after managers kicked him out for bringing another, smaller snake to dinner.

Motohashi had already finished and paid for his $200 sushi dinner when he started showing a small snake to other patrons in the restaurant, officials said. He left when employees asked him to — but came back moments later with the massive yellow python.

“F--- you guys!” Motohashi screamed before dumping the snake on the floor and walking out, Los Angeles Police Lt. Jim Gavin told the Los Angeles Times.

The snake tried to slither away but got stuck in a cabinet near the cash register. Animal control agents freed it and took it away.

Motohashi was arrested for making criminal threats. The animal officials are now caring for both of his snakes — the yellow python and the smaller serpent — until he can show proof of ownership and proper pet permits.

In 2005, Motohashi was sentenced to 15 months behind bars for selling exotic pets, such as venomous Gila monster lizards, without a permit. Years later he opened a pet shop in San Diego, A Glass Jungle. A photo in a 2011 San Diego Uptown News article about the shop showed Motohashi posing with a 15-foot tiger python.

A Glass Jungle has since closed.

He let his snake out …….

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