African rock python

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African rock python

One of the world’s largest snakes (up to 6 m/20 feet in length) which kills by constriction, with death attributed to cardiac arrest rather than by asphyxia. While human attacks are uncommon, they do occur.

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Haemogregarine Genetic Diversity in Captive African Rock Pythons from Nigeria Suggests a Geographical Pattern.

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Steve Benteau, a spokesman for the provincial Natural Resources Department, said no permit was issued for an African rock python, and provincial authorities weren't aware it was being kept at the apartment.

Vigil set for 2 Canada boys strangled by python

As well as the African rock python, thieves took two boa constrictors, two albino boas, two royal pythons and two corn snakes.

CITY OFFICERS FIND 10?FOOT PYTHON IN THE BACK OF A VAN

PRINCES William and Harry were left a little shaken yesterday when they came face to face with a large African rock python.

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He lives here with some Taiwanese beauty snakes and an African rock python who, I am reliably informed, "will definitely bite you".

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Distraught dad Robert found teeth of the 8ft African Rock python embedded in his son's face after it escaped from its cage.

BOY, 3, CRUSHED TO DEATH BY PARENTS PET PYTHON; Now they could get 10 yrs in jail

He said: "African Rock Python's are powerful animals.

KILLED BY PET SNAKE

When she brought home a six-foot-long African rock python I was so excited.

How our pets turned into scary monsters; What happens when man's best friend becomes his worst enemy? Steve Tooze and Amanda Driver talk to a couple in a bizarre love triangle with a parrot, the owner of two destructive dogs, and a girl whose snake mistook her for dinner

Other animals currently staying at FreeMe include a snouted cobra; African rock pythons; a pair of baby steenboks, a kind of antelope; a chameleon with eye injuries, possibly caused by the pecking of birds; orphan porcupines, one of which had fallen into a deep hole and could not get out; barn owlets that had fallen through the ceiling at a shopping center; and a crocodile that had been sold as a miniature to an unsuspecting customer.

FreeMe helps animals survive life in the city

UmPhafa provides a haven for mammals, birds and reptiles including zebra, giraffe, antelopes, African rock pythons, Leopard tortoises, Blue Wildebeest and White rhinos.

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African rock pythons can devour whole antelope in the wild, and reptile experts say they are "highly strung".

14ft PYTHON KILLED BOYS AS THEY SLEPT; 'Vicious' snake escaped from cage and strangled Noah, 5, and Connor, 7

He called the strangling deaths "very unusual" but said African rock pythons tend to be highly strung.