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Python bivittatus
BURMESE PYTHON
Asian dream, American nightmare.
One of the largest snakes in the world and the only protected snake species in Hong Kong.
I had a vacation in Dandeli, A very beautiful place in Karnataka.
There is a Natural Jacuzi by flowing water, when one of our new friend Harsha freaked out when spoting snake. Initially everyone freaked out...
Me with local guide(Mrutyunjaya) immediatly came to know it was a rock python and came to remove this Humble Hungry creature from Urbanians :D
I kept my camera in f32 mode to experiment flowing water and whole rescue thing is shaken when my wife captured it. Shyah...
Anyways, It was a day of my life. Atlast now i can say i handled a real snake...
yup, Later it was released safely to jungle.
This gorgeous python was hanging out in the forest a couple of days ago....
sorry I didn't reach over and break that leaf away, but I didn't want to scare mr python away.... :-)
Valentine
Royal Python
by Terri Maciuszek
Added as an entry to our Reptile Photograph competition. Closing date 30th April 2010. See www.reptilecentre.com/blog/2010/03/could-you-win-our-rept... for details!
This python is said to be the largest in captivity. It's measured at 23 feet (if I'm not mistaken with the figures). The "guide/caretaker" explained that, as of the picture was taken, it was recently fed thus it had not much movement.
The color pattern is whitish or yellowish with the blotched patterns varying from shades of tan to dark brown. This varies with terrain and habitat.
Some interesting facts about pythons:
- Python is a non-venomous snake species. It is a constrictor, a snake that kills its prey by squeezing.
- The biggest snakes on our planet are pythons and some species can reach lengths of up to 35 feet.
- Exhibit little timidity and rarely try to escape even when attacked.
- Are good swimmers.
- Pythons prefer to capture prey by ambush, they drape across tree branches, camouflaged by their light and dark patterned skin, waiting to ambush their meal. They have a forked tongue with sensors that can help them detect odor from potential prey. They grab the prey with a quick lashing out of the head, then wrap themselves around the prey so it cannot breathe.
- The python can swallow prey bigger than its diameter because the jaw bones are not connected.Large pythons are capable of eating animals such as pigs, deer and antelope.
- The teeth of python snakes angle backward to keep hold on prey during constriction.
- Check out the skeleton of a Indian Python.
- More info: On Indian Python - Wiki, on African Python - Wiki, Pythons in general - 1, 2.
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You need to install python for series 60 first, though.