The Python

Where do Pythons live?
They live near the equator, in Asia and Africa, where it is hot and wet so their bodies can stay warm. Their homes are usually in caves or trees. These snakes are also used to living in cities and towns since we are populating around the world.

How do they eat?
Pythons are constrictors. Which means they squeeze the life out of their prey. They make a coil around its prey, and every breathe it takes the python squeezes tighter until they stop breathing completely. Once their heart stops they start to swallow their prey whole. The entire animal is digested except for fur and feathers. What happens to the things they cant digest? It gets turned into snake poop.

They can also "hunt" livestock (pigs,goats,chicken,dogs,cats) ,If they are threatened they may attack people but this rarely happens though. Along with farm animals, pythons will feed on wild animals such as lizards, monkeys, antelopes. The larger the meal the longer it takes to digest.

Facts about the Python:
Kingdom: Anamila
Family: Pythoniade
Species: Seven
Genus: Python
Length: 0.5-10 feet
Weight: Up to 40 Kg
Diet: Carnivorous
Natural Habitat: Africa, Asia
Average age: 20-30 years
Age of Maturity: 2-8 years
Gestation Period: 3-4 months
Number of eggs: 15 to 100 eggs (Depending upon species)

Cool Facts:

• The Python is one of the largest snake in the world, the other being the anaconda.
• The largest known snake is the Reticulated Python, reaching a length of 30 feet!
• The Green Tree Python is can be 7 feet in length and lives in trees of the high forest branches. It waits for its prey and strikes at birds that fly by.
• The color of the python depends on the region its in.
• Pythons are ambush predators and like to attack prey with surprises.
• Pythons can eat 4-5 times a year!
• Some species of the python family are very good swimmers.
• One of the main reasons for killing a python is to obtain its skin, which is put to use in making clothing's.
• The larger the meal, the longer a python takes to digest. It takes weeks sometimes months for a python to digest the ingested animal.

This is a image of the Green Tree Python:

If you are interested in seeing a python eat a rabbit watch the video link. (Viewer discretion is advised) This is a Burmese python diegesting a rabbit. Click the link below.


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 Green Tree Python Image

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Snake eats rabbit