[spetznaz]

Typical. People purchase baby pythons without really taking into account that certain species (like the Burmese, African rock, and Reticulated pythons) grow to enormous length. A 1 foot long burmese for example can grow to a length of over 20 feet, and the longest snake in the world is a Reticulated at 33 feet (fortunately Reticulated pythons are rarely for sale ...they are protected ....but the Burmese is the most common large snake for sale). For some reason people don't like smaller snakes like Ball pythons and corn snakes but want something 'exotic.'

The following is a picture of a 20 foot Burmese python. Obviously much bigger than the 8 footer from the article.

[shaggy eel]

,,, what age would you say that snake in the picture is?