Ball Python

Customs officials at Kempegowda International Airport in Karnataka's Bengaluru on Wednesday seized 55 ball pythons, 17 king cobras and six capuchin monkeys, officials said.

Interestingly, the ball python is one of the most popular reptiles kept as pets in America.

This unique snake species is called Banana Ball Python, because of the yellow and brown markings that make it look like a ripe banana.

The Air Intelligence officers in Chennai seized five ball pythons from a passenger who arrived from Bangkok on September 2 and arrested him for illegally carrying live reptiles, principal commissioner of customs K R Uday Bhaskar said on Monday.

A passenger illegally carrying live animals from Bangkok was intercepted at Chennai airport by customs officers, officials said on Saturday.

A snake with three smiley face emojis on its back has sold for a whopping $6,000 - or Rs 4.3 lakh approximately.

A ball python in a Missouri zoo has laid several eggs, puzzling zookeepers. According to the St Louis Post-Dispatch, the 62-year-old female ball python at the St Louis Zoo has laid eggs despite not having been anywhere near a male in 15 years.

James Hooper from Virginia, USA, recently found a python inside his toilet.

Customs officials at Kempegowda International Airport in Karnataka's Bengaluru on Wednesday seized 55 ball pythons, 17 king cobras and six capuchin monkeys, officials said.

Interestingly, the ball python is one of the most popular reptiles kept as pets in America.

This unique snake species is called Banana Ball Python, because of the yellow and brown markings that make it look like a ripe banana.

The Air Intelligence officers in Chennai seized five ball pythons from a passenger who arrived from Bangkok on September 2 and arrested him for illegally carrying live reptiles, principal commissioner of customs K R Uday Bhaskar said on Monday.

A passenger illegally carrying live animals from Bangkok was intercepted at Chennai airport by customs officers, officials said on Saturday.

A snake with three smiley face emojis on its back has sold for a whopping $6,000 - or Rs 4.3 lakh approximately.

A ball python in a Missouri zoo has laid several eggs, puzzling zookeepers. According to the St Louis Post-Dispatch, the 62-year-old female ball python at the St Louis Zoo has laid eggs despite not having been anywhere near a male in 15 years.

James Hooper from Virginia, USA, recently found a python inside his toilet.