Reticulated Python Report

At school we have been learning how to write reports.  After visiting Singapore Zoo I decided to write a report on the python reticules - otherwise know as the Reticulated Python.  Unfortunately Mum's phone died so we couldn't get a picture of it at the zoo, but I hope this gives enough information to make up for the picture.

Mum has typed up my report for me, but this is what my original report looked like.

Reticulated Python

Introduction:  In this report you will read about the reticulated python, their diet and living like a python.  The reticulated python is the longest snake in the world and the largest snake in all of Asia.  

Their Diet:  Reticulated Pythons eat large mammals such as deer, primates, pigs - and occasionally birds. Scientists once even found a python that had eaten a half starved sun bear!  This specific species of snake seems to be able to swallow prey a quarter of it's length.  Reticulated pythons usually ambush their prey by hiding in the undergrowth or trees until a victim wanders by.  Then it lunges at the animal wrapping it's immense body round it, then uses it's muscular coils to suffocate its victim.  A few seconds after its killed its prey the python will stretch its mouth impossibly wide and swallow the entire animal whole.  After a meal Reticulated Pythons don't eat for weeks... sometimes even months!!!

Living Like a Python:  Reticulated Pythons are cold-blooded, scaly reptiles that live in woodlands, rainforests and grasslands throughout Southeast Asia.  They can grow up to nearly 23 feet (7 meters) long and way up to 75kg (165.3lb).  Oviparous (egg-laying) female pythons can lay between 15 and 80 eggs per clutch.  The eggs take about 88 days to hatch.  An average hatchling will be at least 2 feet (61cm) in length and live to be the age of 30 years.  Reticulated Pythons are part of the pythonidae family.  They are the most common snake in Singapore.

Conclusion: Did you know that adult pythons only predators are tigers and crocodiles?!  They are also very good swimmers and love getting involved with water.