A file photo of a ball python and a picture of snake owner Mia's hand after her python apparently mistook her for a rat. David Kenny/Getty Images & velvetsaguaro/Reddit Native to western and ...

The sheriff's office said that Sgt. James Van Pelt, who's also a licensed python contractor, removed a python, between 15 and 20 feet in length, from the engine compartment of a car.

Drop the rat into the ball python's tank to feed it. If the snake does not take the rat within 30 minutes, remove it, wrap it up and put it in the freezer for a later meal.

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 ...

A mesmerizing series of MRI photos show, for the first time, the 132-hour process of a python digesting a rat. “What is really special is that we don’t have to cut up the snakes to see this ...