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The tail of the male ball python is generally thicker and fatter than that of a female. For the male, there is a bulge right after the cloaca, which is where the snake’s hemipenes are located.
A Lehigh Acres family found themselves in a slithery situation when a friendly ball python decided to crash their pool party.
More on ball python found in Palm Beach County: A python was captured in the Lake Park Lowe’s parking lot … but not Burmese. What is the Florida Python Challenge?
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – 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 ...
Ball pythons are native to west sub saharan Africa and typically don’t grow as long as the invasive Burmese pythons blamed for wiping out small mammal populations in South Florida.
Burmese python invasion: Fighting invasive species 26:43. Experts at the St. Louis Zoo are trying to figure out how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs despite not being near a male python ...
The ball python was rescued from a home in San Antonio, Texas, after scaring a family watching TV. Zolta entwined on her rescuer's arm. City of San Antonio Animal Care Services ...
South Florida's Jennifer Morisson, 59, was cited after having nearly 100 dead pythons in her Jupiter home. The snakes were found by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officers on February 16.
Ball pythons — which grow up to six feet in length — are common in the pet trade. Reports on illegal animals can be reported to the pest hotline at 808-643-PEST (7378).