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BALL PYTHON
Penny the Python is a ball python.
Ball pythons come from Africa and are generally very easy going
snakes. They are constrictors and lack venom. As
of March, 2004, over 15,000 children have touched Penny. She
is a very curious and docile snake. She sheds quite often and
when we visit schools, we bring along her old snake skin for the
children to see! Her eyes turn a bluish color when she is
about to shed. She is a fantastic learning experience for
children! It is so very important for us to teach people that
snakes have an important purpose in our world. They eat rats
and mice who might carry deadly sickness and disease into our homes.
They have gotten a very undeserved bad reputation. Most snakes
are harmless however we do make sure that the children fully
understand that they are never to touch a wild snake or even
approach one for that matter.
