A family in Cleveland, Australia, called in a professional snake catcher to remove the reptile Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

The five-year-old boy walked away from the ordeal with a small wound on his ankle. Pythons are not venomous and are known to appear in backyards across Australia. A five-year-old Australian boy has ...

Now at nine years, the 'child' is a full grown python, still staying at home with mom Difficult economic times call for extreme measures. A motherly, average-sized woman lovingly cuddling her ...