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A giant python is folded in half and put in a scanner by Perth zookeepers, who are trying to find out why the 46-kilogram animal is off its food.

London - For anyone else hoping to use the scanner, the wait was a little, er, long. Front of the queue was Hanna the python who, at nearly 20ft (about 6m), required some rather extended attention.