This time, the snake was last seen in the Marigold area of Saanich after it escaped from its owner's backpack.

A large African python was reportedly on the loose on George Street in downtown Peterborough on Tuesday morning.

The West Coast Reptile Education Society snake is likely between three and five years old, and underweight. 

Vets in Australia say the python and the towel both "lived to see another day."

"After the initial shock wore off, it was a really beautiful snake," Leanne Chapman said.

The Lincoln County Humane Society says the snake was loose on the lawn of a business.

Police officers were waved down by a person who pointed to the sewer where the tail of the snake was poking out.

People in Regina got the chance to get up close and personal with exotic animals at Little Ray's Wildlife Festival.

These Chinese bank workers experienced a different kind of workplace trauma after a python crashed down on the floor as they stood around for a morning meeting.

In 2013, two brothers were killed by an escaped python. A pathologist testified the boys died of asphyxiation, and each of them suffered puncture wounds from snake bites.