Daniel Moniz of Bricktown, New Jersey, suffered bites to the face, neck and arm from the 13-foot-8.7-inch (4.18-metre) python that won him a prize for the longest python caught by an individual.

Little Lady is a ball python that had been missing for over two months. Volunteers with the Ground Search and Rescue KW say she was found in the parking lot of an apartment building in Cambridge.

Ball pythons are popular pets and can live upwards of 30 years. The long lifespan can be too much for some owners to handle, leading a few to dump them illegally in parks and wilderness areas ...