Sept. 23 (UPI) --A ball python found its way into the D.C. Fire and EMS Department's training academy and was safely apprehended by emergency personnel. The department said on social media that the ...

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

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A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...