Python snake returned with two head

Two Headed Carpet Python snake is introduced
A two-headed Carpet Python slithers on a rock as it is introduced to the public at the World Aquarium in St. Louis on October 11, 2007. The snake, born in Kansas City in August, originates in Australia and New Zealand can live up to 25 years and will grow to be 12 feet long.



RARE SNAKE RETURNED
A two-headed, albino black rat snake is back in its home on August 24, after police arrested two suspects for stealing the snake from the World Aquarium at the City Museum in St. Louis on August 23, 2004. Curators from the aquarium noticed the snake missing and called police who later arrested workers from the City Museum, who tried to sell the reptile in Illinois. The World Aquarium says the snake which is extreemly rare is worth about $100 thousand.











WE THE TWO-HEADED SNAKE IS FOR SALE
The World Aquarium is looking for a new home for We, the six year-old, two-headed albino black rat snake in St. Louis on January 5, 2006. The World Aquarium is selling the snake on line, with the bidding beginning at $150 thousand. The snake is expected to live for another 10-15 years and the Aquarium would like to use the money for funding educational programs.



Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin
LVP2002030511 - LAS VEGAS, Mar. 6, 2002, (UPI) -- Terri Irwin, wife of the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, wrestles a 16 foot Anaconda snake at an MGM luncheon at ShoWest 2002. The pair where in Las Vegas announcing their new movie "The Crocodile Hunter Collision Course"



"SNAKES ON A PLANE" PREMIERE
Cast member Samuel L. Jackson handles Kitty Jr., a Burmese python, at the premiere of "Snakes on a Plane" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California on August 17, 2006. The movie opens in the U.S. on August 18.

X-ray of the python who swallowed a pussy

This amazing X-ray picture shows the skeleton of a kitten inside a python's stomach after being devoured in one gulp by the predator.

Eight-week-old tabby Kohl was seized by the slithering assassin while in the garden of her owner's home in Australia's tropical Northern Territory.

The snake was found with a "bulging belly" by 14-year-old Taara McLaren after she ventured out to feed her pets at 7am yesterday.

Despite Kohl having a skull three times the size of the 5ft-long python, the reptile was able to dislocate its jaw to swallow the kitten after wrapping itself around and strangling its prey.

Three other kittens from the same litter and five adult cats were unable to stop the savage attack in Darwin suburb of Tiwi.

Cat owner Asha McLaren told The Australian newspaper: "It wasn't a very nice feeling to think that this happened in our back yard.

"My daughter went out to feed the cats and they normally all come running at the sound of the dish, but Kohl was missing.

"She then looked around and saw the snake. She called out to me, saying there was a big snake and that she thought it had eaten Kohl.

"When I went out I couldn't believe it. It had a bulging belly and when we couldn't find Kohl anywhere it was obvious he'd been eaten.

"It was very sad as he was my favourite. He was just gorgeous."

Ms McLaren said they quickly put their other cats in the house and snake catcher Gordon Canning was called out to collect the python.

He said it was unusual for a python to target a cat, but the kitten did not have a chance against the reptile.

He said pythons usually strike at their prey and squeeze it to death before devouring it whole.

"The cat would have been suffocated within minutes," he explained.

"The snake did well - usually it is the other way around with snakes falling victim to cats."

Mr Canning said the snake would be kept at the Ark Animal Hospital in Yarrawonga until it digested its feed.

"At the moment it cannot move very quickly so it could easily be targeted by predators," Mr Canning said.

"Once it has finished digesting the cat, which will probably take about a week, we will release it back into the wild."

Mr Canning urged people to be cautious in their back yards as snakes were on the move as the breeding season nears.

He has been called out to catch more than 100 snakes since becoming Darwin's first 24-hour snake catcher three weeks ago.