A look at a full ball python hatch from The Molinaro Snake Lab.

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Gowder also spoke with others who had encountered the snake — a number of whom had almost run it over while biking or rollerblading nearby, he said. They determined it must be someone's exotic pet.

Canada. In the process, animal welfare groups and the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies are again calling for stronger provincial laws to limit or ban the import and sale of exotic species. In ...