BBC

Elderly ball python lays eggs 'without male help'

A snake laying eggs might not seem to be the most unusual thing to happen. But keepers at the Saint Louis Zoo in Missouri were surprised to discover that one of their ball pythons had produced seven ...
Wane

62-year-old ball python lays 7 eggs after 15 years apart from males, St. Louis Zoo says

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Experts at the St. Louis Zoo are trying to figure out how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs despite not being near a male python for at least two decades. Mark Wanner, manager ...
Mena FN

World's Oldest Ball Python Lays Eggs Without A Male, Stuns Scientists

Ball python, a beloved species of Central and Western Africa, live for 20 to 30 years in captivity when nurtured with care, while those in the wild rarely cross 15 years. One python at the Saint Louis ...
The Daily Telegraph

Python mysteriously lays seven eggs despite not being around a male for two decades

Experts at the St. Louis Zoo are trying to figure out how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs despite not being near a male python for at least two decades. Mark Wanner, manager of herpetology ...
The Independent

Oldest living snake lays eggs 'without male help'

The oldest snake in captivity has left experts puzzled by laying eggs without the help of a male. The 62-year-old ball python produced seven eggs at Saint Louis Zoo in Missouri despite having not been ...
CNN

A ball python laid 7 eggs at the Saint Louis Zoo, even though she hasn’t been around a male in years

Zookeepers at the Saint Louis Zoo were surprised to see their oldest snake coiled around a clutch of freshly laid eggs because she hadn’t been near a male in more than 15 years. The ball python, which ...
BBC

Elderly ball python lays eggs 'without male help'

The female ball python is thought to the oldest snake living in a zoo A snake laying eggs might not seem to be the most unusual thing to happen. But keepers at the Saint Louis Zoo in Missouri were ...