A large coastal carpet python was found lurking underneath a 3-year-old toddler's cot in Queensland, Australia, with a snake catcher saying it could have strangled the child had it not been noticed.

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The carpet python made for a shocking sight for onlookers who filmed its sneaky manoeuvre, which has since gone viral on TikTok. “How will we get him away,” a child was heard saying, before an adult ...

Murray-Darling carpet python populations in South Australia have declined due to loss of habitat and predation. Trials using conservation detection dogs to find the snakes in the Riverland have so far ...