Human deaths by pythons are incredibly rare: The last human killed by an African rock python was more than a decade ago, and in the United States, the Humane Society cites there have been 17 ...

The deaths of two young New Brunswick brothers believed to have been killed by a python have renewed focus on the patchwork of regulations governing exotic pets in Canada.

The 2005 animal control bylaw contains no definition of a "public place." African rock pythons are not permitted in New Brunswick unless an exemption to an existing provincial ban has been granted.

The species of python identified as responsible for killing two children in Campbellton, New Brunswick, is on the list of prohibited reptiles in B.C.

The African rock python — the kind of giant snake that apparently killed Noah Barthe, 4, and Connor Barthe, 6 — is not permitted in New Brunswick but rules vary across other Canadian provinces ...

A leading African snake expert is expressing surprise at an attack by a python that left two New Brunswick boys dead. Pythons seeking food "always bite first" before constricting their prey with ...

Autopsies will be conducted later Tuesday on two young children after a python escaped a pet store in northern New Brunswick and strangled the boys while they slept in an apartment in the same ...

With the horrible tragedy in New Brunswick, where two young boys were apparently strangled to death by a large constrictor snake, amongst my feelings of horror and sadness, there was confusion as well ...

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African rock python: The snake species that hunt in groups African rock pythons, with the reptiles, are unique in that they almost never hunt cooperatively in groups. Most species of snakes hunt ...

Mumbai-based naturalists have documented a rare instance of ophiophagy (snake-eating behaviour) at Maharashtra Nature Park, where a rat snake was observed consuming a juvenile Indian rock python ...

African rock python: The snake species that hunt in groups African rock pythons, with the reptiles, are unique in that they almost never hunt cooperatively in groups.