An Australian man who made waves on social media with clips of his surfing partner, a carpet python, has been fined $1,500 after the viral video reached wildlife officials. Higor Fiuza, a Rainbow Bay ...

Higor Fiuza went viral after he filmed himself surfing with the snake earlier this month Chris Hyde/Getty An Australian surfer has received a $1,500 fine for surfing with his pet python. Higor Fiuza ...

A man in Australia recently found a python waiting in his toilet twice in one week. On Oct. 22, Hervey Bay Snake Catchers in Queensland received a call to extract a coastal carpet python from a toilet ...

The lengthy coastal carpet python was found hiding behind a coffee table at home in Queensland, Australia. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

A surfer who rode the waves with his pet python has been fined by Australian authorities for taking the snake out in public after a video of the duo’s unusual adventures aired on local media. Higor ...

An eight-foot python has been found lurking inside a man's clothes drawer in Australia. A picture of the carpet python curled up inside the drawer at his home in Brisbane was posted on Reddit by ...

A huge python dragged a 5-year-old boy into a swimming pool in Australia and coiled around him. Beau Blake had been walking near a pool at his home in Byron Bay, New South Wales, when the 9-foot ...

While some social media posts and articles claimed the snake was 16 feet long, we were unable to determine its exact length. Carpet pythons can be intimidating as they can grow up to 4 m in length ...