Due to their striking scale patterns and docile nature, ball pythons are one of the most popular pet snakes.They can also live for an extremely long time, with one in St Louis Zoo living for 62 years.

In the wild, the ball python consumes small mammals and birds by constricting them to death. It has a long lifespan of 25 to 30 years. Again, scaleless mutations are bred for the pet trade.

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Pythons are non-native to Florida and non-venomous snakes. Burmese pythons are one of the largest snakes in the world. The ball python found in Vero Beach was "friendly" and docile when rescued.