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CARPET PYTHON
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This snake is active both day and night and can be encountered on the ground, in trees or buildings (particularly chicken pens, barns and attics).
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Carpet Pythons feed on frogs, lizards, birds, mammals.
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Cane Toads are sometime eaten as prey with fatal consequences for the snake as cane toads are poisonous!
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As with other python species, the carpet python lays a clutch of eggs which the female incubates by coiling around them and shivering her muscles to keep them warm.
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SIZE: CARPET PYTHONS CAN GROW UP TO 3 METRES LONG!
BRAINS: CARPET PYTHONS ARE VERY SMART AND CAN FIND PREY BY SCENT ALONE!
SIGHT: THEIR EYE SIGHT IS OK, BUT THEY RELY ON THEIR HEAT SEEKING PITS ALONG THE FRONT AND SIDE OF THEIR FACE TO PICK UP HEAT SIGNATURES OF PREY!
SPEED: CARPET PYTHONS CAN BE VERY FAST! THEY CAN SIT IN TREES AND CATCH A BIRD OR BAT ON THE WING! (catch them as they are flying)
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