In the wild, ball pythons prefer to stay hidden in burrows ... after which the female lays 3 to 11 eggs. These eggs are leathery and incubated by the female for 55 to 60 days.

Nicking an egg with a pair of surgical scissors ... encouraging particular devotion from his staff. In the wild, ball pythons are nocturnal and live mostly underground, often in burrows taken ...

Because ball pythons lay eggs and don’t have live births and have ... No animal behaves quite the same in captivity as it does in the wild, said Vladimir Dinets, a specialist in reptile social ...

In a Facebook post of his own, Rahe explained the number of eggs found makes it the largest active nest ever found by a wild-caught python. "I’m lucky enough to have found 2 active nests so far ...

"So owners would release them out into the wild." RELATED: Watch: Python protects eggs from hungry bobcat in Florida Everglades However, these snakes quickly became an issue affecting Florida's ...

Residents of a Florida neighborhood are on edge, saying they've caught 22 ball pythons roaming around their Prairie Lakes homes in July. Experts say the snakes aren't wild and are considered ...