Monday, December 19, 2011

Scrub Python

Around Ohio

Scrub Python
Here is one of the large snakes we saw in the reptile house. Pythons can weigh up to 250 pounds and measure 33 feet long. They only move about one mile per hour on land but are excellent swimmers. They lay eggs and the mother snake warms them by "shivering." This would be interesting to seeit looks like the snake has hiccups.

7 comments:

Susanna said...

Pretty cozy-looking for a snake!

Anonymous said...

How did you get it to curl up and look at you like that?

Anonymous said...

I would not want to get that close to one.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful diamond pattern on the skin.

J Beachy said...

It was like that when I saw it.

Anonymous said...

Amazing, looks like the way a rattle snake curls up. How long do you think it was?

J Beachy said...

It was hard to tell since it was curled up, but it was probably two or three feet long.