Pet python on the loose in Somerville The snake is a ball python — a common pet snake that is docile and not dangerous, according to an animal control officer.

Ball python crashes Florida pool party, deputy saves the day LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (CBS12) — A weekend pool party in Florida had an unwanted guest when a ball python was found on the pool deck.

Despite looking similar, Burmese pythons are typically longer by growing to average 6-9 feet, while ball pythons rarely grow beyond 4 feet long.

'Python Huntress' shared video of bites she received on her arm after a recent trip to find the invasive Burmese python snakes.

Animal rescuers were summoned to a fish and chip shop in London to wrangle a loose "python" that turned out to be a local person's escaped pet corn snake.

A baby ball python, an endangered species native to Africa, was found inside a hotel room in Yangyang County, Gangwon Province, according to news reports Wednesday.

Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons in Florida.

Fourteen animals will soon have new homes after a local event which allowed owners to surrender exotic pets they can no longer care for.

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you can't shoot them.