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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL CROWNS AFRICA’S LARGEST SNAKE AS QUEEN OF THE PYTHONS

NEW DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWING THE ENORMOUS FEMALE ROCK PYTHON PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7    NEW YORK – July 8, 2019 – Smithsonian Channel follows the notorious and deadly African rock python in QUEEN OF THE PYTHONS. The one-hour special examines the 13-foot female snake’s daily life in a sub-tropical valley in South Africa. A hunter of a wide variety of prey, from tiny birds to full-sized deer, the constrictor is a killer of immense size and strength with a strike faster than the blink of an eye. However, despite her dominating size, life isn’t always easy for the female rock python as she...