Are you a fan of snakes? I am not at all, which is why I was so surprised by how interested I was after seeing The Reptile Zoo show off a white and black python; it's the coolest snake I've ever seen!

These constrictors belong to the family Pythonidae. A few species in this family include the ball python, Burmese python, and reticulated python; the latter is the longest snake alive. What sets these ...