Does a python as long as a Holden Commodore have the “drive” to become Australia’s longest snake in captivity? Staff at Cairns Aquarium - Pretzel’s new home - are hopeful. Pretzel, the ...

A massive scrub python which was caught trying to break into a duck enclosure on a property in Queensland has been released into a national park.

Australia is home to the amethystine python. It is also known as scrub python. This non-venomous snake is among the largest pythons. It thrives in rainforests, savannas, and near human habitats ...

‘I think that’s my cat inside’: Woman shares terrifying snake encounter An Aussie woman has shared the terrifying moment she found her cat inside a giant scrub python.

A CAIRNS snake-catcher’s car was in need of a new air freshener when a scrub python had a bout of motion sickness after devouring a family’s much-loved pet chicken.

SPEEWAH has emerged as a hotbed for monster snakes with two 5m scrub pythons caught at separate locations in as many days. On Friday, well-mannered snake catchers from the Australian Venom Zoo ...

A Townsville woman has shared the terrifying moment she found her cat inside a giant scrub python.

Indian Python (Image: Canva) Also referred to as the scrub python, it’s Australia’s biggest snake, weighing approximately 30–40 kg and measuring 5 metres.

Sydney - A woman in northern Australia rushed into her back garden when she heard her fox terrier puppy yelping in terror, to find a 4.2m scrub python coiling itself around the little dog. Joelle ...