The snake has throughout man's history been the target of fear and awe at the same time. The python is a non venomous snake but who is equally deadly as the other members of this reptile class. Pythons can grow to as big as over ten feet and will kill their prey by constriction after which the prey will be swallowed.
Python snakes have been popular as pets because they are not poisonous and also because they can grow into a mix of beautiful colours. However they have incidences with even the pet python snakes after many years, attacking the owners. Although python snakes are not indigenous to the United States they have invaded the marshlands of Florida after owners tired of keeping them released them into the wild.
They are several types of pythons including the Burmese python, green tree, ball pythons and Borneo pythons. If you are interested in keeping a pet python, you can read about it from a pet magazine or even online. If you type ball python care onto Google you can find so many sites to give suggestions.
Have you heard of Monty python? It is not a type of snake it is a circus group going by this name or in full Monty flying circus. If you would like to learn more about Monty python flying circus then search for Monty python video clips.
It is funny how many other things share this name. Do you know that a colt python is a type of gun and not the type pf a python snake?