Matt Hagan from Cairns Snake Catchers said the scrub python was curled right up at the entrance of the duck enclosure at a Queensland property, searching for a tasty meal.

An enormous 5.2-metre-long scrub python weighing a whopping 26.4kg had tightly coiled itself around a downpipe — and it wasn’t budging. “When I saw him I was like, ‘oh geez, this is big ...

Snake handler Les Harris of Cardwell caught on a local property this 4.5m scrub python weighing in at 17.4 kg. It is one of the biggest snakes Les has ever caught in his 26 years of snake-wrangling.

A 4.6m long scrub python consuming a large wallaby at Wongaling Beach. Photo: Neil Gallie Mr Gallie suggested large pythons in the beachside community had been assisting with the cull.

The amethystine python grows to enormous lengths — some up to 26 feet (8 meters), though the average is 10 to 16 feet. They are short and muscular, perfect for constriction.

Animal experts say the boy and girl, aged five and seven, watched as the scrub python devoured their silky terrier-Chihuahua crossbreed Monday at their home near Kuranda in Queensland state.

Experts believe if Amanda Rutland had not intervened, the scrub python would have eaten her 22-month-old son, Naish. Ms Rutland believed the python had been stalking the pint-sized child for months.

Australia is home to the world's most toxic, venomous, and deadliest snakes including Amethystine python (scrub python) and Red-bellied black snake. DEADLY AUSTRALIANS series takes an up-close and ...

Sydney - A woman in northern Australia rushed into her back garden when she heard her fox terrier puppy yelping in terror, to find a 4.2m scrub python coiling itself around the little dog. Joelle ...