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Drugo sreÄŤanje Python uporabnikov 22. marca v Kiberpipi.
19:00 Uvod
19:15 Gamedev with pygame (AnĹľe PeÄŤar)
19:30 Speeding up algorithms in python (Miha Zidar)
19:45 Binary deployment of your Python projects, NOW! (Rok Garbas)
20:00 Finding similar images with Python (Jernej Virag)
20:15 Load testing with FunkLoad (AndraĹľ Brodnik)
The Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus) is the largest subspecies of the Indian Python and one of the 6 largest snakes in the world, native to a large variation of tropic and subtropic areas of Southern- and Southeast Asia. They are often found near water and are sometimes semi-aquatic, but can also be found in trees. Wild individuals average 3.7 metres (12 ft) long, but may reach up to 5.8 metres (19 ft)
Burmese Pythons are dark-coloured snakes with many brown blotches bordered in black down the back. The perceived attractiveness of their skin pattern contributes to their popularity with both reptile keepers and the leather industry. The pattern is similar in colour, but different in actual pattern to the African Rock Python (Python sebae), sometimes resulting in confusion of the two species outside of their natural habitats.
In the wild, Burmese pythons grow to 3.7 metres (12 ft) on average, while specimens of more than 4 metres (13 ft) are uncommon. Individuals over 5 metres (16 ft) – like a specimen from Cooch Behar with 5.8 metres (19 ft) and 91 kilograms (201 lb) – are very rare. There are reports of snakes more than 6 metres (20 ft) long, but those are often result of confusion between Burmese Pythons and Reticulated Pythons, stretched skins, or simple exaggeration. There are also dwarf forms on Java, Bali and Sulawesi. At Bali they reach an average length of 2 metres (6.6 ft) and on Sulawesi they achieve a maximum of 2.5 metres (8.2 ft).
The Burmese Python is found throughout Southern- and Southeast Asia including Eastern India, Nepal, Western Bhutan, Southeast Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Northern continental Malaysia, Southern China and in Indonesia on Java, Southern Sulawesi, Bali and Sumbawa. This python is an excellent swimmer and needs a permanent source of water. It can be found in grasslands, marshes, swamps, rocky foothills, woodlands, river valleys, and jungles with open clearings. They are good climbers and have prehensile tails.
Burmese Pythons are mainly nocturnal rainforest dwellers. When younger they are equally at home on the ground and in trees, but as they gain girth they tend to restrict most of their movements to the ground. They are also excellent swimmers, being able to stay submerged for up to half an hour. Burmese Pythons spend the majority of their time hidden in the underbrush. In the northern parts of its range, the Indian python may brumate for some months during the cold season in a hollow tree, a hole in the riverbank or under rocks. Brumation[15] is biologically distinct from hibernation. While the behaviour has similar benefits, specifically to endure the winter without moving, it also involves preparation of both male and female reproductive organs for the upcoming breeding season. There is controversy over whether the Burmese subspecies is able to brumate, and it is believed by experts to be unable to distinguish between a slight chill and dangerous cold weather.
Burmese Pythons breed in the early spring, with females laying clutches which average 12–36 eggs in March or April. She will remain with the eggs until they hatch, wrapping around them and twitching her muscles in such a way as to raise the ambient temperature around the eggs by several degrees. Once the hatchlings use their egg tooth to cut their way out of their eggs, there is no further maternal care. The newly hatched will often remain inside their egg until they are ready to complete their first shedding of skin, after which they hunt for their first meal.
Like all snakes, Burmese Pythons are carnivorous. Their diet consists primarily of appropriately-sized birds and mammals. The snake uses its sharp rearward-pointing teeth to seize its prey, then wraps its body around the prey, at the same time contracting its muscles, killing the prey by constriction. They are often found near human habitation due to the presence of rats, mice and other vermin as a food source. However, their equal affinity for domesticated birds and mammals means that they are often treated as pests. In captivity their diet consists primarily of commercially-available, appropriately-sized rats, and graduates to larger items such as rabbits and poultry as they grow. Exceptionally large pythons may even require larger food items such as pigs or goats, and are known to have attacked and eaten small alligators in Florida, where they are an invasive species.
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Drugo sreÄŤanje Python uporabnikov 22. marca v Kiberpipi.
19:00 Uvod
19:15 Gamedev with pygame (AnĹľe PeÄŤar)
19:30 Speeding up algorithms in python (Miha Zidar)
19:45 Binary deployment of your Python projects, NOW! (Rok Garbas)
20:00 Finding similar images with Python (Jernej Virag)
20:15 Load testing with FunkLoad (AndraĹľ Brodnik)
An Angolan python from my trip to the zoo at the end of May. I don't know who the kid is, so I blurred out his face.
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BURMESE PYTHON
Asian dream, American nightmare.
One of the largest snakes in the world and the only protected snake species in Hong Kong.
This Golden Python was on display during a spring flower show. It's gentle and quite safe for people to get up close and personal with.
I just received my copy of the new book on invasive Pythons in the U.S. This is a must have book for anyone who is deeply interested in this serious situation occuring right now in Florida and possibly other southern states in the not too distant future. Find the book at:
Python bivittatus
A healthy adult that was found crossing a forest road at 4:15 AM with an air temperature of 64 degrees Fahrenheit after a long night of alligator work. This is the 10th python I've seen this year, and is easily the oddest circumstance in which I've found one.
Carpet Pythons are probably my favourite snakes. I saw this large individual in Lamington NP. It was basking in the sun after having eaten a large meal (A possum or wallaby?). I didn’t have my camera with me, but I returned to the same spot the following day and it was there again, coiled up in the weak sun on a rather cool day. What I like about this shot are the reflections of the trees in the silverly eye.