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Royal Pithon

DESCRIPTION: Small-sized, heavy-bodied python withbeige blotches on a dark brown background SIZE:   Adults 1-2 m in length; hatchlings 30 cm FUN FACTS: These snakes are called ball pythonsbecause of their defensive posture of coiling into a tight ball with theirheads protected in the center of the coil.2.         The name royal python is believed to bederived from the fact that many African rulers were known to have worn livepythons as jewelry. Ball pythons are believed to live thelongest of snakes species in managed situations, with some individuals livinginto their forties. Pythons are considered a primitivesnake, differing from many other species by having two functioning lungs andvestigial, or left over, hind limbs. These vestigial limbs appear as spurs oneither side of the cloaca. Pythonsshow a degree of parental care above many other reptiles by actually incubatingthe eggs using heat generated by muscle twitches.

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