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Are you missing a snake? Charlton Animal Control discovers ball python

It's the first albino python Animal Control Officer Emily Sears has picked up.

On the prowl for invasive pythons, researchers are interrupting snake orgies

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

Florida is sending people in the Everglades to hunt for giant snakes

Florida is sending people in the Everglades to hunt for giant snakes — and it could net one person $10,000 - The invasive ...
Naples Daily News on MSNOpinion

Why I don’t participate in the Florida Python Challenge | Opinion

Also known as the "Python Huntress," Amy Siewe calls the annual Florida Python Challenge 'a circus and counterproductive.' ...

Why Florida hunters should never cut off the head of a python

Catching a python can be very challenging during the Florida Python Challenge. But when one is caught, there are rules for ...
Palm Beach Post

What is a ball python? Meet the 'nice cousin' to the Burmese snake

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub ...

Stuck Eye Caps and Patchy Shedding: What Dry Air Does to Ball Pythons

Low humidity in a ball python's enclosure triggers a chain of health problems that go far beyond a rough shed, and most owners never connect the warning signs until real damage is done.