What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

Ball pythons are non-venomous, instead killing their prey using their long bodies to constrict the victim until it dies. Zolta the ball python coiled up into a ball.

What is a ball python? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted during the Florida Python Challenge? We explain details here.

The ball python was discovered near the student dropoff/pickup area at Dauphin County Technical School this morning, police said.

Massive 500-pound mating ball of pythons discovered in Florida (Photo By Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Denver Post via Getty Images ...

Wildlife experts in southwest Florida said they recently captured 500 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons after discovering a large ball of mating snakes in Collier County.

Ball pythons, native to Africa, are not part of the local ecosystem, and it's believed the four snakes were likely pets abandoned in the Mill Creek Community Association's Nature Reserve.

Wildlife experts in Southwest Florida recently snagged 500 pounds of Burmese pythons - including one more than 16 feet long, after finding a large mating ball of the snakes not far from the city ...

An Atlanta couple are trying to get a four-foot-long ball python out of their front lawn after they discovered it slithering down their porch steps recently.

The footage shows more than a dozen diamond pythons tied up in a large mating ball. This is a natural reproductive strategy, experts say.

Redland's Snake Catcher in Queensland, Australia, helped a family remove a coiled-up python from their home after the family found the reptile curled up under a kids' toy.