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Reptile Rescue: The Reticulated Python

In Reptile Rescue: The Reticulated Python, naturalist Steve Backshall tags along with experts from the Bali Reptile Rescue organization to extract a reticulated python from a farm in Bali. This video is excerpted from BBC's Deadly 60, an award-winning nature and adventure show for kids in which narrator Steve Backshall has one mission: to travel the globe in search of 60 of the world's deadliest animals.
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Location:
Bali
Grades:
6-89-12
Program:
Deadly 60
Time:
4:13
Subject:
Science
Topic:
Environmental Science

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Q: How do people and Bali respect wild animals?
A: They call in groups like Reptile Rescue to rescue them.

Q: Why might a landowner want a snake removed from their land?
A: Some snakes are venomous and some eat other animals. Landowners often want to protect their livestock.

Q: What is the goal for removing the python?
A: They want to move it away from the animals and encourage it to drop into the water and swim away.

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