A professional python hunter in Florida needed assistance from family members to uncoil a giant Burmese python from his body and to ultimately subdue the second-heaviest python ever caught in Florida.

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When an Australian woman woke up from her sleep in the middle of the night with a weight on her body, she thought it was one of her pet dogs. To her shock, it was a 2.5m python. Brisbane resident ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rachel Bloor remained remarkably composed as she told her husband to remove their labradoodle and Dalmatian dogs while she did a ...

Rachel Bloor quickly realised the weight on her chest was not her labradoodle Nick Squires is The Telegraph’s Rome correspondent, covering Italy, the Vatican, Greece and the Balkans. He has reported ...

Snake climbs through window and curls on bed; family unharmed Add as a preferred source on Google Rachel Bloor kept her cool while guiding the snake out of the house. [Illustrative image] Unsplash A ...

In the middle of the night on Monday, Rachel Bloor stirred in her bed to find a heavy weight curled up on her chest. Half asleep, she reached out for her dog - and instead found herself petting a ...

Rachel Bloor found a reptile in her bed on Monday In the middle of the night on Monday, Rachel Bloor stirred in her bed to find a heavy weight curled up on her chest. Half asleep, she reached out for ...

When Brisbane resident Rachel Bloor woke up to discover a carpet python curled up on top of her, she was rattled. The two-and-a-half-metre snake crawled onto her bed late on Monday evening. When Ms ...

It was one Christmas visitor that didn’t overstay its welcome. A Burmese python that had been spotted in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was removed just days before Christmas after a resident out for a ...

A Florida resident, with the help of friends, used a snare and ax to subdue a massive Burmese python that they had encountered Tuesday on the way home from dinner. Wade Gardner, of Rotonda West in ...