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Mustard, T&T albino Burmese python, stars on World Snake Day

 
sgtdjones 2019-07-17 13:43:53 

Mustard stars on World Snake Day

Mustard, the albino Burmese python, maintained his popularity among children and adults, resting comfortably inside his enclosure on World Snake Day on Tuesday, less than a week after biting zookeeper Walter Bunyon during feeding time.

He will remain in his regular enclosure, not accessible to visitors to touch, until the end of August. He has not been taken out since the incident last Thursday.

However, the skin he shed last week was on display and visitors were allowed to touch it as part of public education for World Snake Day.

At the snake house, over 15 different species of venomous and non-venomous
snakes were on display within their enclosures, including Max the boa constrictor (locally known as the macajuel) and Mustard. Others included the royal python, rainbow boa, tiger rattlesnake and the green anaconda.


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sgtdjones 2019-07-17 14:59:28 

Celebrate World Snake Day by looking at this massive python, which could soon be a world record setter

(CNN)There's no better way to celebrate World Snake Day than by looking at a massive, slithering reptile.

So, for your viewing pleasure we present Ginormica, a 200-pound, 20-foot long python. That's more than double the average length of reticulated pythons, according to the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology.
Don't believe us? Here's Rick the Reptile Guy from Florida's Emerald Coast Zoo measuring the snake:

Will it eat me?
Maybe not this one, but reticulated pythons are considered the snake most likely to eat a human, the museum says.
That's because of "the numerous attacks on people in the wild and attacks on owners by reticulated pythons."
So just admire from afar.


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