A massive scrub python which was caught trying to break into a duck enclosure on a property in Queensland has been released into a national park. HOME. MAIL. NEWS.

While scrub pythons can grow to extreme lengths, they're non-venomous and generally not considered a threat to people. However, in 2014 an Australian woman was attacked by a 12-foot scrub python ...

And while news of the scrub python quickly spread from the side of a Qantas flight to YouTube, actual scientists are pretty used to this sort of thing. Seriously. We asked a real-life snake detective.