Sumatran Short-tailed Python (Python curtis) on a large clutch of eggs. These are such an underrated species of snake in my local trade. Each species is amazing in its own unique way. #sumatranshorttailpython #python #pythonsofinstagram #pythoneggs #snake #bloodpython #blackbloodpython #reptilebreeding | Reptile Garden

Sumatran Short-tailed Pythons (Python curtus) hatching. AKA Black Bloods. We are so happy to have recently hatched an amazing clutch of these snakes. So undertated in the trade. They become big gentle giants and rarely bite comaprate to other species of Short-tailed Pythons AKA Blood Pythons. Becoming the heaviest bodied snakes in the world for their lenght. The can get around 1,8 to 2 m max and upto 20kg. The Malaysian Short-tailed Pythons becoming the largest. #python #pythoncurtis #shorttaile

A baby’s arrival typically begets sleepless nights, round-the-clock bottle feedings and the proverbial village needed to successfully raise a helpless infant to independence. For Great Cats keepers, who recently celebrated the birth of a Sumatran tiger cub July 11, those adages are all too familiar. Animal care staff hope that any mammal born at the Zoo receives the care required from mom. Sometimes, however, that is not the case, and keepers must step in to assist. While the now 6-week-old male