Amanda Rutland's 22 month old son Naish Dobson was attacked by a large scrub python on the deck of their rural home at Julatten. Picture: Stewart McLean. The snake had wrapped itself around Naish ...

A far north Queensland family saved a 22-month-old boy from the jaws of a four-metre-long scrub python after it latched onto the child while he was playing at the family home in Julatten ...

Mother-of-two Ms Rutland believes the scrub python that grabbed her son Naish Dobson last Saturday afternoon on the veranda of their Julatten home had been stalking the infant for several weeks ...