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​ ‪@ProyectoRetic‬ and I captured the longest Reticulated Python ever captured in Puerto Rico 18'4". Reticulated Pythons are an Invasive Species in Puerto Rico the same way that Burmese Pythons are an Invasive Species in Florida. These non-native snakes are having devastating effects on the native wildlife of Puerto Rico and are also causing huge problems for the local residents, often eating their livestock and pets. These snake eat native wildlife and domestic animals all the time, and this particular Individual was originally spotted eating a homeowner's cat behind their house. Every single one of these huge snakes that we...

A man in Austria was bitten on the genitals by a python while he was on the toilet — after it’s believed the reptile escaped his neighbor’s home and slithered through the drains, police said. The 65-year-old man in Graz was nipped by the 5-foot-plus albino reticulated python about 6 a.m. Monday as he sat down in the bathroom The snake, a nonvenomous constrictor native to Asia, can reportedly grow to 29 feet long. A reptile expert also responded to the man’s home and removed the snake before cleaning it and returning the pet to its 24-year-old owner.

JAKARTA - A man missing since Sunday (March 26) in Indonesia has been found dead inside the belly of a 7m-long python, according to reports. Akbar Salubiro, 25, had not been seen since setting off to harvest palm oil in a remote village on the island of Sulawesi. A search found the giant python sprawled out next to his garden with the 25-year-old’s boots clearly visible in its stomach, according to a report in the Tribun Timur. Villagers then used a large knife to cut open the snake’s belly slowly revealing the father-of-two’s body. Tribun Timur posted a video of...