In the wild, the ball python consumes small mammals and birds by constricting them to death. It has a long lifespan of 25 to 30 years. Again, scaleless mutations are bred for the pet trade.

Ross Township police are searching for four other snakes after an albino ball python was found near a ballpark on the Fourth of July. RELATED >>> Albino python snake found on Ross Township ...

Police are looking for a 7-foot-long Bredli python, a 7-foot-long rat snake and two juvenile ball pythons that are just over a foot long. None of the snakes are venomous, but anyone who spots them ...