Pythons' feast-and-famine life hints at new weight loss pathway

Pythons don't nibble. They chomp, squeeze, and swallow their prey whole in a meal that can approach 100% of their body weight. But even as they slither stealthily around the forest, months or even a ...

Fossilized Bone Reveals Taiwan Was Once Home to Giant Pythons, Mammoths and Saber-Toothed Cats

A 13-foot python. A 23-foot crocodile. Saber-toothed cats and mammoths. These aren’t creatures from some far-flung corner of prehistoric Africa or South America. They once lived on Taiwan — the same ...
Standard-Speaker

Louisiana’s alligator farms raise the reptiles for meat, skins — and conservation

Jacob Sagrera unrolls an alligator skin and lays it flat on a metal table, brushing off flecks of salt. He holds it up to the ...

Louisiana’s controversial alligator farms breed reptiles for meat, skins — and conservation

These wetlands, these alligators … it has to have some kind of monetary value,” said George Melancon, alligator research biologist for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
UPI

Large python makes midnight visit to home's bathroom

Feb. 26 (UPI) --An Australian snake catcher responded to a late night call from a Queensland resident who found a large carpet python lurking in their bathroom. Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 ...
Taste of Country

Giving Up Meat for Lent? Archbishop Says You Can Still Eat Alligator

The church regards alligator as seafood, thus making it okay for someone to consume it during Lent without feeling like they sinned. Former New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond wrote a letter in 2010 ...
WAFB

Yes, you can eat gator on Lent in Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - As Catholics across Louisiana prepare for the first Friday of Lent, a 15-year-old letter from the Archdiocese of New Orleans is once again making the rounds with a clear ...
MLive

Pet stingrays, cuddle with a sloth, hold an alligator, python at area reptarium

UTICA, MI - Snakes and alligators and lizards, oh my! And that’s just scratching the surface of what you can get up close and personal to at this local reptarium. LegaSea Aquarium and The Reptarium ...
Naples Daily News

Eating Florida's wildlife: Just say no to a Python Picnic

A python hunter captured a nearly 17-foot, 202-pound snake in the Florida Everglades. While it is legal to eat python meat in Florida, health officials strongly advise against it. Testing has revealed ...
AOL

Think Anacondas Are Huge? Meet the Snake That Made Them Look Tiny

When most people think of massive snakes, the first one that comes to mind is the anaconda. Anacondas might be the largest snake these days, but they weren’t always the biggest. In fact, anacondas are ...
Whiskey Riff

Watch: Massive Florida Alligator Makes Quick Work of Giant Invasive Python

Two kings of the swamp battling for supremacy. A wildlife photographer captured the incredible moment an alligator took down a massive burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Alligators have long ...
7News Miami

Residents shocked by large alligator spotted roaming Westchester neighborhood

WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Residents in Westchester were surprised to find a massive gator taking a stroll through their neighborhood. A video posted by OnlyInDade captured the large reptile ...