The Ministry of Environment rescued two reticulated pythons that were in possession of unnamed persons in northwestern Santiago Rodríguez province. The pythons were sent to the National Zoo on Saturday, 3 November 2018. A video that is circulating on social media shows the snakes being transferred to the custody of Zoo personnel. The snakes measured 6 meters and 6.5 meters. The snakes are harmless to humans and are of the longest and heaviest in the world. The snakes are nonvenomous constrictors. They are native to Southeast Asia. They are excellent swimmers. They natural diet incudes mammals and occasionally birds.
As reported in El Dia, the phyton snakes were seized in Jicomé in northwestern Valverde province when they were being transferred from a private ranch to a zoo in Santiago are banned from import to the country. The Ministry of Environment says it has not authorized their import.
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El Dia
7 November 2018
