AN ENORMOUS reticulated python, one of the few snakes that prey on humans, has been found dumped in the British countryside – as the RSPCA warns "non-native species could pose a serious threat to our ...

THIS is the terrifying moment a 20ft monster was spotted swimming along a road after “eating a dog”. Watch as the beast squirms against the current in deep floodwater in Thailand with a huge bloated ...

This is the moment a driver captured a car speeding along a highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with a 12ft-long reticulated python on its roof. The vehicle's driver was told about the snake, but not ...

This is the moment a butcher and a passerby wrestled a massive reticulated python off of a road in Bangkok, Thailand on February 19. The good Samaritans managed to capture the snake after it held up ...

This is the shocking moment a toddler is seen playing with a giant python snake in East Java, Indonesia. Evidently blissfully unaware of the danger, the boy is seen using the large reptile's curled-up ...

Civil servants discovered the gigantic python lurking near a flyover. The snake, who measures just over 26ft in length and weighs 551lbs, could be a world record breaker. Article continues below ...

Reticulated pythons are the longest snakes in the world. The huge creatures crush their prey, squeezing tighter around the neck as they exhale, leading to cardiac arrest or suffocation. Victims die ...

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Imagine exploring your bathroom in the dark, only to be told later the 'piping' you grabbed was in fact an eight foot long snake known to kill humans. Well, if you can't, then just ask Stuart Saunders ...

A 26-foot python thought to be the world's longest snake has been caught in Malaysia. The giant 250kg reticulated python was discovered on the construction site of a new flyover in Paya Terubong, a ...

These were the scenes in the Indonesian village of Ampalu in West Sumatra after an enlarged reticulated python was said to have "nearly pounced" on a local villager. Footage shows the six-metre-long ...

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