June 27 (UPI) — Animal rescuers in Prince Edward Island, Canada, are caring for a snake found in an unusual place — the trash. P.E.I. Humane Society officials said sanitation workers came across the roughly 3-foot-long ball python while emptying a dumpster in the East Royalty neighborhood of Charlottetown. “The staff thought it was quite […]
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Groton City police call for help when python gets loose in a cruiser
Jun. 13—GROTON — Jay Johnson of Salem has been ridding homes of nuisance wildlife, snakes included, for more than two decades. But he can’t recall ever dealing with a python. The owner of the aptly named Critter Cop business said Thursday that the calls he receives come at all hours and can involve anything from […]
Python swallows woman whole in Indonesia
A missing woman was found eaten alive by a massive python after locals cut her body out of the snake in Indonesia. Farida, 45, went missing on Thursday night. Her body was discovered inside the reticulated python Friday by her husband and residents of Kalempang village in South Sulawesi province, a local official said, according […]
The Everglades python hunt is on! Snakes to be stalked in August. The prize is a lot bigger
Florida’s annual python hunt in the Everglades will run Aug. 9-18, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez announced Thursday morning at a news conference in Miami-Dade County. Burmese Pythons are an invasive species that pose a threat to wildlife in the Everglades. Florida pays hunters annually to catch the snakes. State-approved hunters can win up to $25,000 […]
Florida Python Challenge registration begins
Florida Python Challenge registration begins Video above: FWC updates on Burmese python removal efforts, shows how snakes are safely captured TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Python Challenge is back after over 200 of the invasive snakes were captured last year. Competitors can get a piece of $25,000 in prizes for hunting down the large […]
The Everglades python hunt is on! Snakes to be stalked in August. The prize is a lot bigger
Florida’s annual python hunt in the Everglades will run Aug. 9-18, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez announced Thursday morning at a news conference in Miami-Dade County. Burmese Pythons are an invasive species that pose a threat to wildlife in the Everglades. Florida pays hunters annually to catch the snakes. State-approved hunters can win up to $25,000 […]
Video of Python Attempting to Grab Pet Cat In Australian Backyard Is Wild
A family in Australia had the shock of their lives when a large Carpet Python attempted to grab their pet tabby cat out of their backyard and make off with it. Thankfully, the owner of the cat was able to pry the snake off her pet but not before the frightened cat ran into the […]
Python caught in Everglades had blood-sucking tick filling its eye socket. See photos
It takes a lot to give professional snake wranglers the creeps, but it happened when a group of hunters captured a python plagued by blood-sucking ticks in Florida’s Everglades. If there’s such a thing as a zombie snake, they found it: Half blind, starting to rot, but still dangerous. “One of the gnarliest things I’ve […]
Want a more sustainable meat for the grill? Try a 13-foot python steak.
They’re scaly, fork-tongued and can measure upward of 20 feet long. Pythons may also be one of the most Earth-friendly meats to farm on the planet. A group of researchers studied two large python species over 12 months on farms in Thailand and Vietnam – where snake meat is considered a delicacy – and found […]
Python farming could offer one of the most sustainable sources of meat in the world, according to a new study
Scientists are learning more about what sources of meat could serve as more sustainable alternatives to beef, pork and chicken. Python meat could offer a form of meat much less carbon intensive than the current options, according to researchers who studied farms in Southeast Asia for two species of pythons — reticulated and Burmese — […]
Massive python nest snagged in Southwest Florida
Wildlife experts in Southwest Florida recently snagged 500 pounds of Burmese pythons – including one more than 16 feet long, after finding a nest of the snakes not far from the city of Naples. The Collier County catch came this month during National Invasive Species Awareness Week, according to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, and […]
2 men charged with blowing up woman’s home, planning to use large python to eat her daughter
Two men have been charged after allegedly bombing a woman’s home and planning to release “a large python into the victim’s home to eat the victim’s daughter,” according to prosecutors. Stephen Glosser, 37, and Caleb Kinsey, 34 — both from Richmond Hill, Georgia — are alleged to have used electronic communications to place the unnamed […]