Ball Python and Other Snakes

Ball Pythons, Python regius (also know as Royal Python in Europe) are a relatively small and docile specie of snake, which are native to western and west central africa They are called 'Ball Pythons' because, when frightened, they coil around and puttheir head and into a ball.
Ball python hatchling are approximately 16-18 inchs long and at full grown are around 4-6 feet.
structurally the ball python is fairly average.flat broad head,round bodied,and its tail is kinda of shortage for a constritor snake.thier bellys tend to be a kind of pale white.the bacjk ground colours on its back and head tend to be black or greyish with brown or goldish patterned rings.
Ball pythons are in the same scientific family as other Boas and Pythons, as such they are constrictors. The term constrictor refers to their method of subduing food by coiling around the intended item, a small mammal, and suffocating it. and are active at night (nocturnal). They hunt at night with the help of their labial heat pits×, and their Jacobson's Organ×. at day timethey spend their time hiding in underground rodent burrows or termite mounds.(they keep hidden to avoid predators)
In general,ball pythons make good pets because they are docile non strikeing snakes with no teeth.(my four year little girl loves her ball python and she named it tinkerbell lol)
Ball pythons(and snakes in general)tend to live a long time.the oldest ball python in captivety lived to 47 years old.so prepare for a long term commitment if you decide to own one.well im gong to stop here,next will talk about handling the ball python and its eating habits.and remember most snakes are non venomous,and not dangerous.but quiet a few do bite and are aggressive.and some wild snakes are very dangerous and venomous so avoid contact with wild snakes if you do not know anything about that type of snake and handle all snakes with care.