PYTHONS COULD DO WITH GLASSESPythons have pretty poor eyesight. But they have a super power. Heat sensors! These are on their lips. From the heat radiated from their prey, they can find them even in the dark!
Pythons, like most reptiles, are very maternal. Some lay up to a hundred eggs. The mother then coils around to keep them warm until they hatch, which can be up to 90 days! She never leaves them even to feed herself!! Mother's love at its best.
Pythons have an incredible sense of smell. Some of them can detect scents which are 10,000 times fainter than what we can identify!! Maybe, they can be trained as police pythons!!
Have you been often told to do that? But pythons don’t! They swallow their food whole!! They crush their prey with their powerful muscles and kill them right away.
Python skins are like ID cards. Each python has a unique skin pattern, like a fingerprint.
Pythons, like other snakes, grow continuously throughout their lives and shed their skin regularly. It’s like getting new clothes every now and then. Younger pythons are more fashion conscious and shed their old skin at least once a month. Adults, maybe every quarter!
Founder of Just Change India and Co-Founder of ACCORD, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu. Having lived and worked with Adivasi communities for close to 50 years, he is a repository of many tribal folk stories.