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Don't miss out on the headlines from Rockhampton. Followed categories will be added to My News. The young boy was left shocked, yet surprisingly excited, when he discovered a coastal carpet python ...

A video that went viral in August 2023 authentically depicted a giant carpet python crawling from a house roof to trees in an Australian yard. Carpet pythons can be intimidating as they can grow up to ...

The young boy was left shocked, yet surprisingly excited, when he discovered a coastal carpet python curled up in his pet budgie’s cage at his Frenchville, Rockhampton home. What wasn’t in the cage ...

The lengthy coastal carpet python was found hiding behind a coffee table at home in Queensland, Australia. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

While some social media posts and articles claimed the snake was 16 feet long, we were unable to determine its exact length. Carpet pythons can be intimidating as they can grow up to 4 m in length ...

The carpet python made for a shocking sight for onlookers who filmed its sneaky manoeuvre, which has since gone viral on TikTok. “How will we get him away,” a child was heard saying, before an adult ...

A family in Australia had the shock of their lives when a large Carpet Python attempted to grab their pet tabby cat out of their backyard and make off with it. Thankfully, the owner of the cat was ...

Just in case you were in any doubt, snake season has arrived in Brisbane in spectacular style, as these dramatic pictures show, with one poor possum coming off second best. Karen Dutra, was out on a ...

A man in Australia recently found a python waiting in his toilet twice in one week. On Oct. 22, Hervey Bay Snake Catchers in Queensland received a call to extract a coastal carpet python from a toilet ...

NAGOYA -- A carpet python that went missing at a zoo here in January has returned -- and is now more than double its original size. A worker at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya's ...