Urban crawler
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Pythons, the longest snakes in the world, have adapted well to living in the city.
PHOTO: ACRES
Mary-Ruth Low, python researcher
In Singapore, the pythons used to live in the forest.
VIDEO: ACRES
Now, they sleep in drains and feast on rats.
VIDEO: ACRES
And they hang out where the rats do: At rubbish dumps and at construction sites.
PHOTO: ACRES
Mary-Ruth Low, python researcher
Some people find pythons creepy, but most of the time, they are trying to hide from you.
ST VIDEO: AILEEN TEO
Pythons can grow as big as the prey available and in other parts of the world, they can be as long as 8 to 10m.
PHOTO: AFP
But the pythons in Singapore measure on average 2.3m and are very rarely longer than 4m.
Mary-Ruth Low, python researcher
Mary-Ruth Low, python researcher
If you do see a python, keep away! They are not poisonous, but can bite if provoked.
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Special thanks to Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres); Mary-Ruth Low,
Conservation and Research Officer, Wildlife Reserves Singapore, and reticulated python
researcher.
Produced by: Aileen Teo, Chew Hui Min, Winnie Chong, Kao
Chih Hui