People joked about the ball python being an "iPad kid." Others admired the gentle way in which the girl interacted with the snake, saying how well the snake responded to its human friend.

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Snake #361003 at the Saint Louis Zoo has laid a clutch of eggs despite not being near a male snake in decades.. The ball python, at least 62-years-old, surely deserves a name after pulling off the ...