This sleepy python is not the first snake ball to make the news in recent weeks. On Feb. 21, Florida wildlife experts discovered a 7-foot-wide, 500-lb. pile of invasive Burmese pythons in the ...

People joked about the ball python being an "iPad kid." Others admired the gentle way in which the girl interacted with the snake, saying how well the snake responded to its human friend.

COURTESY HDOA Due to its docile nature, inspectors believe the non-venomous ball python is likely an escaped pet. State agriculture officials said a live, three-and-a-half-foot snake was captured in ...

Ball pythons may grow up to six feet in length and are common in the pet trade on the mainland. Many species, such as the ball python, prey on birds and bird eggs, increasing the threat to Hawaii ...

That certainly was the case Sunday after a Honolulu-area homeowner spotted a 3-1/2-foot ball python in his backyard. ... the Kaimuki resident initially mistook the immobile snake as a child’s toy.

In the wild, ball pythons are usually brown and tan. In America, breeding them to produce eye-catching offspring has become a lucrative, frenetic, and—for some—troubling enterprise.

Ball pythons were long assumed to be solitary, but scientists discovered the snakes in captivity prefer each others’ company when given the chance to live socially. By Asher Elbein The ball ...

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