As you can see from my battle wounds, I’m about 220 pounds and it pulled me to the grass,” one of the brave rescuers said.

However, the reticulated python is especially impressive, with many individuals reaching up to 20 feet long and weighing more than 150 pounds. It’s actually one of the heaviest snakes on the planet!

A Reticulated Python is a strong swimmer, a skilled climber, and yes, one of the few snakes known to have consumed humans. The name comes from its net-like skin pattern.

The reticulated python – known locally as Golbahar – is vanishing fast as habitat loss, poaching and trafficking push the species to the brink ...

Self-proclaimed ‘Crocodile Dundee' wrangles 20-foot python on top of LA dumpster The snake was discovered at an apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles.

A family of animal lovers teamed up with another local resident in South Carolina to wrangle a 12-foot yellow python that had ...

The zoo is welcoming a 20-foot reticulated python, believed to be the largest snake in Arkansas. The python, which has not yet been named, came to the zoo Friday.