The female ball python is believed to have laid eggs asexually in 2009, Mr. Wanner said. But they didn’t hatch, and no genetic testing was done to confirm this. Before that, she laid a clutch of ...

Zookeepers at the Saint Louis Zoo were surprised to see their oldest snake coiled around a clutch of freshly laid eggs because she hadn’t been near a male in more than 15 years.. The ball python ...

A ball python in a Missouri zoo has laid several eggs, puzzling zookeepers. According to the St Louis Post-Dispatch, the 62-year-old female ball python at the St Louis Zoo has laid eggs despite ...

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 ...

St Louis Zoo officials in Missouri are trying to solve the mystery of how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs without being around a male python for at least two decades. Mark Wanner, manager of ...

The ball python, which is estimated to be 62 years old, has been a resident of the zoo since 1961. She laid seven eggs on July 23, which was a bit of a shock to the zoo's manager.

The 62-year-old ball python has not been with a male in over 15 years, ... Elderly ball python lays eggs 'without male help' Published. 11 September 2020. Share. close panel. Share page.

Python, eggs and hatchlings taken from Big Cypress National Preserve on July 11, 2022. The two of them shortly thereafter found 18 more live python hatchlings, the agency said.

Ball pythons, native to sub-Saharan Africa, are popular nonvenomous snakes known for their docile nature and distinct behavior of coiling into a ball when threatened. They play a vital role in ...

Zookeepers at the Saint Louis Zoo were surprised to see their oldest snake coiled around a clutch of freshly laid eggs because she hadn't been near a male in more than 15 years.

The ball python, which has been at the zoo since 1961, laid seven eggs on July 23, Mark Wanner, the Zoological Manager of Herpetology told CNN. “It was a surprise.