The Center for Cultivation, Research and Processing of Medicinal Herbs, Department of Logistics of Military Region 9 (Dong Tam snake farm) in Binh Duc commune, Chau Thanh district, Tien Giang province said that it had just received a "giant" albino python from a shrimp farmer in Tran De district, Soc Trang province.

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A rare albino python was brought from Soc Trang to Dong Tam snake farm. Photo: TX

Accordingly, this python is about 5m long, weighs more than 90kg - identified as an albino python, scientific name is Python bivittatus, belongs to group IIB in the list of rare and endangered forest animals.

This python was raised by a local resident. When the owner saw it growing bigger, he decided to give it to Dong Tam Snake Farm for conservation and breeding purposes.

Captain Luong Minh Hai, Deputy Head of the Medicinal Herb Cultivation Team of Dong Tam Snake Farm, said that the python was healthy and needed many people to carry it into the cage and it adapted quickly to its new living environment.

Captain Hai added that this precious python has high value in conservation and breeding work.

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The python is about 5m long. Photo: TX

The "giant" python is very beautiful, so many tourists come to admire, take pictures and film it.

In addition to the newly acquired python, Dong Tam snake farm is also raising about 6 ground pythons weighing from 70 to 100 kg. Pythons feed on birds, chickens, ducks, mice, etc. and they usually lay 12 to 48 eggs, incubating for 2 to 3 months. The lifespan of a python is about 25 years, and it weighs about 100 kg.

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The albino python, scientifically known as Python bivittatus, belongs to group IIB in the list of rare and endangered forest animals. Photo: TX
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Many people come to see the "giant" albino python in Dong Tam snake farm. Photo: TX

Dong Tam Snake Farm has an emergency department for treating venomous snakes, a snake museum, a zoo, and an eco-tourism garden.

Dong Tam Snake Farm has about 2,000 snakes of 40 different species raised in natural and semi-natural environments. Of these, the two most “loved” species are cobras and king cobras.

Creepy inside the 'maze' that raises the most king cobras in the West

Creepy inside the 'maze' that raises the most king cobras in the West

King cobras, several arm spans long, with smooth skin and weighing more than ten kilograms, are raised in the largest snake farm in Vietnam - Dong Tam Snake Farm.
Western farmer raises venomous snakes, earning nearly 2 billion VND per year

Western farmer raises venomous snakes, earning nearly 2 billion VND per year

Mr. Phan Thanh Binh (41 years old, in My Tu district, Soc Trang province) raises thousands of cobras, selling nearly 6 tons of commercial snakes to the market every year, earning a profit of nearly 2 billion VND.
Thousands of snakes wrapped densely on trees in the West

Thousands of snakes wrapped densely on trees in the West

At Dong Tam Snake Farm (Chau Thanh district, Tien Giang), in addition to the "giant" king cobras, red-tailed green snakes, rat snakes... coiled around banyan trees also scare many faint-hearted people.