A ball python in a Missouri zoo has laid several eggs, puzzling zookeepers. According to the St Louis Post-Dispatch, the 62-year-old female ball python at the St Louis Zoo has laid eggs despite ...

The 62-year-old ball python has not been with a male in over 15 years, according to Saint Louis Zoo.

Zookeepers at the Saint Louis Zoo were surprised to see their oldest snake coiled around a clutch of freshly laid eggs because she hadn’t been near a male in more than 15 years.

St. Louis Zoo officials are trying to solve the mystery of how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs without being around a male python for at least two decades.

The 62-year-old ball python has not been with a male in over 15 years, according to Saint Louis Zoo.

Experts at the St. Louis Zoo are trying to figure out how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs despite not being near a male python for at least two decades.

The ball python, which has been at the zoo since 1961, laid seven eggs on July 23, Mark Wanner, the Zoological Manager of Herpetology told CNN. “It was a surprise.

A 62-year-old female ball python – the oldest documented in the zoo – produced seven eggs on July 23. Not only has the snake’s age baffled zookeepers but also the fact that she hasn’t been ...

A fun and educational reptile zoo experience! A class shares in on a ball python egg reveal for a birthday surprise, and feeds one to a monitor!