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Family Finds Python 'Snake Ball' at Home Coiled Under Kid's Toy: 'A Little Bit of a Surprise'

A family in Cleveland, Australia, called in a professional snake catcher to remove the reptile Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...
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Family Finds Snake Trying to Grab Pet Cat from Their Backyard in 'Spine-Tingling' Incident

Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers in Australia helped the family remove the large python from their home Getty A cat in Australia spent one of their nine lives narrowly avoiding a serious snake attack.
New York Post

13-foot Burmese python relocated to NY zoo after owner admitted it was getting too big to handle

This pet is hiss-tory. A 13-foot Burmese python snake was relocated to a New York zoo after its owner admitted she was getting too big for him to care for. The three-and-a-half-year-old snake named ...
New York Post

Two-foot python dubbed ‘Sir Hiss’ spotted at Diamond District store — third snake found in NYC this week: cops

It was a diamondback wannabe! A python was spotted slithering around a store in the heart of the Big Apple’s Diamond District Friday — just two days after another snake was found on the Upper West ...
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Snake hunters from across the U.S. are in Florida's Everglades to catch pythons

The annual Florida Python Challenge is on. Amateur and professional snake hunters alike are scattered across parts of the Everglades on a mission to capture as many Burmese pythons as they can. The ...
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 Saharan ...