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The death of a five- and a seven-year-old boy in New Brunswick after being strangled by an African rock python is not just tragic — it's criminal. While this particular snake doesn't feed off humans, it is known to be powerful and capable of killing.

A man, Jason Leon, 23, has killed the biggest ever Burmese python captured in Florida. Leon capture the 128-pound, 18-foot-8-inch monster in the Florida Everglades while driving in the night in a rural area of Miami-Dade county.

Everglades - Tourists on a boat ride through the Florida Everglades had a vacation experience that they’ll never forget, a 10-foot python. Their tour guide, Tommy Owen, spotted the massive snake whilst accompanying a family on a tour around the Everglades on Tuesday

Lismore - Tess Guthrie, 22, of Lismore in the north coast of Australia, woke up at 3:30 a.m on Saturday and found a 6-foot python coiled around her 2-year-old daughter, Zara, who was sleeping in the bed with her.

Everglades - In what could have been a bizarre scene from the Chevy Chase movie "Christmas Vacation", a family vacationing at the Everglades National Park found a very unwelcome guest at their camp site.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has announced the 2013 Python Challenge as part of its efforts to control the fast-growing population of Burmese pythons in the Everglades.

Rudi Hulshof, manager of the Welgevonden Game Reserve, South Africa, snapped a photo of a python devouring a 2-month-old wildebeest calf. This is the first time an African rock python has been snapped eating a prey that size.

A couple on holiday in South Africa received a shock when they discovered a massive python hiding underneath their car's hood.

Toronto - A Toronto woman received an unusual awakening when she got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and found a python on the floor.

Mattoon - Police say a 2-foot-long ball python entered an apartment in Mattoon, Illinois, and wrapped itself around the foot of a sleeping 1-year-old boy. The python bit the boy on his foot.