Python staying put at zoo
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - January 14, 2008 The reticulated python, named Fluffy, is about as long as
a moving van and thick as a telephone pole, and eats two 10-pound
rabbits a week. The zoo in Ohio has paid 35-thousand-dollars to the
snake's breeder in Oklahoma to keep the reptile on permanent
display. While on loan last year, the python helped the zoo draw
1-point-5-3 million visitors. A zoo official says that's just under
the zoo's attendance record of 1-point-5-6 million set in 2006. The
snakes breeder, who raised the python from a hatchling, initially
resisted the zoo's offer but says he's happy with the outcome.