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RI firefighters save 18-foot snake in burning home
October 5, 2010 3:37 PM
Firefighters often have to rescue people from burning homes, sometimes even a dog or cat. But the 18-foot Burmese python that firefighters had to drag out of a burning Rhode Island home just after midnight Monday may have been a first. Acting Chief Peter Henrikson tells The Providence Journal... more » -
School janitor finds 3-foot python in locker
July 7, 2010 8:58 AM
A custodian cleaning out lockers at a Massachusetts high school was so shocked when a 3-foot-long snake fell at his feet that he didn't even think it was real. Ed Reardon tells The Daily News Tribune that at first he thought it was a change purse. Then he thought... more » -
Village hunts for 7-meter killer python
March 29, 2010 9:53 AM
Indonesian villagers are hunting a giant python that killed a 13-year-old boy a week ago on Sumatra island. Police say the 23-foot-long python was believed to be hiding in waterway tunnels built by a textile company for its industrial waste. Villagers blocked road access to the tunnels Sunday to protect... more » -
Florida opens python hunting season
February 23, 2010 10:57 AM
Pleased with the results of last year's python hunt, South Florida is ready to start the hunt all over again. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced a second season of python hunting will begin in March. Licensed hunters will be allowed to stalk and kill... more » -
Florida officials extend python program year-round
December 4, 2009 8:19 AM
Florida is looking for a few good python catchers now that the state's hunting program is being expanded into a year-long effort. A state official says the goal is to make sure the exotic species doesn't spread any farther north in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission had... more » -
Alleged smuggler foiled by 24 snakes, geckos
October 31, 2009 11:01 AM
He jiggled a little too much, but then who can blame him - wouldn't you if you had 14 pythons and 10 geckos taped to your body? The jiggler, a 22-year-old Norwegian man, was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle the two dozen snakes and geckos into Norway by hiding... more » -
Authorities seize Delila, an 18-foot long Burmese Python snake
September 12, 2009 11:52 AM
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials were at a home in Apopka to remove "a very large Burmese python" on Friday afternoon. Officials said it was the biggest snakes they had seen in 15 years -- measuring 18 feet and weighing more than 400 pounds. It is 30 inches... more »
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