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The Waiting Game When it comesto waiting patiently and quietly, pythons are unrivalled in the animal world. They may sit coiled and motionlessfor days,well camouflaged THE among vegetation.Their secretivehabits pose a problem for scientiststrying to study their ecology in the field. WAITING First, find your python! GAME by Daid Pearson saoJst Yr 8l 'leaur qr turl\oll?r s.lale,{ene paraqllls Auolts ,{q palsatrp pue aloq^ ll'paqlnuadun aarl ulpdpulorj sarlaru ualPa are ^ard 'gurrraqtr to Iela^asllal lr l€r{l leq e}o ploq Eurdaa{uo leaurAuupalloJ alqplrnslou ale lualur os seM{rPd leuorleNlalsaqJtqS qlaal s,uoqMdaql sV'sarqellP.{ -upallsllrw le {lluaf,al pa^rasqouoq d sPqlns,{ard aal?lJo SuM ollpr s a^rloSuol-a4au-aalql V'qpq lo surnssod aq1 lru ad ol palelnJrlr?srp '{la^rlpurallv qrlpr ol saarlqurtJ ^eurlr aq upJ smef aqJ alpf,oJlns '{uup ^aql se sprrq s?qsnque pue pu? 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The transmitterwas aroundthe neckof a woyliewhich had beenswallowed by the python,It was removedduring surgeryby Murdoch Universityveterinarians. Photo- MurdochUniversity Veterinary School lAboue right: Little is knownabout lhe I ecologyof therough-scaled python. ! foundin remoteparts of thenorthern Kimberley. Photo JohnWeigel I R{/rl: The black-headedpython has a I narrowerhead and lacks the heat- I sensitivepils of mosIolher Australia|l pythons. Photo- Babsand Beft Welts/CALM The black-headedpython lAspidites 20, sometimesmore, Ieathery-shelled Australia,from islandsalong the norrn melanocephalus)and the woma python eggsare deposited, often inanestofgrass Kimberley coast to the islands of the Gspidilesromsagi) eatsome mammals, or leaves.The femalecoils tightlyaround RechercheArchipelago off the southem but consume a greater proportion of theeggs to protectthem and to maintain coastline.They occupy many different reptilesthan other pythons.Neither has the levelsof humidity and temperature habitats,making themahighlysuccessful theheat-sensitive pits of otherAustralian neededto hastentheir development.She reptilian group. pythons, a fact that is consistentwith may not eat throughout the incubation Despitethe large size that many their reducedemphasis on warm- period,resulting in a greatloss ofweight pythons attain, one speciesescaped bloodedprey. and body condition. Should the discoveryuntil recently.The firstspecimen SHIVERINGMOTHERS temperatureofthe eggsfall too low, the of the rough-scaled python (Morelia femalemay stalt shivering to generate carinata) \ras not collecteduntit 1973, Being such cryptic creatures,it ts heat from her musclemovements, Once andwas notformally named until i981.lt remarkablethat pythons can find each the young hatch, the female has remainsone of the State'srarest reptiles, other when the time comes to breed. completedher duty and the hatchlings with only four individuaisfound to date. Typically, pythons female become are left to disperseand fend for The Pilbara region has one of the receptiveatacertain time ofthe yearand themselves. world's smallestpythons, the pygrry lay down a scent trail to attract mal€s. python (Moreliaperthensr), which grows This may result in the aggregationof WA PYTHONS to a maximum length of 60 centimetres severalmales and, in somespecies,ritual No boasoccur in Australia.Nine of and providesa striking contrast to the battlesbetween males may occur. During Australia's14 species of pythonoccur in Pilbara olive python, which has been mating,the maleuses his pelvicspurs to WesternAustralia, the majority of these recordedat lengths of up to four ano a excitethe femaleby strokingher flanks. in the tropics.0f thesenine. two species half metres. Some Australian pythons EggJayingoccurs abouttwo to three and four subspeciesare endemic to are entirely terrestrial, whereasothers months after a successfulmating and Western Australia. 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