According to the St Louis Post-Dispatch, the 62-year-old female ball python at the St Louis Zoo has laid eggs despite not having been anywhere near a male in 15 years.

The 62-year-old female snake living at the Saint Louis Zoo laid eggs without having to mate with a male.

The 62-year-old ball python has not been with a male in over 15 years, according to Saint Louis Zoo.

According to DrStephen Smith who is based at Tygerberg Animal Hospital in Cape Town, ballpythons usually stop laying eggs at around the age of 30. "Usually female snakes lay eggs after mating with a ...

The female ball python is believed to have laid eggs asexually in 2009, Mr. Wanner said. But they didn’t hatch, and no genetic testing was done to confirm this.

Dubai: A female ball python at a zoo in Missouri, United States, has produced seven eggs despite having no contact with a male in over 15 years.

Life Oldest ball python in captivity lays eggs despite not being near a male in decades The snake has been at the zoo since 1961 and hasn't even seen a male snake in more than 15 years.

Experts at the St. Louis Zoo are trying to figure out how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs despite not being near a male python for at least two decades.

The St. Louis Zoo may have experienced an immaculate conception — of the reptilian kind. A 62-year-old female ball python — the oldest documented in the zoo — produced seven eggs … ...

The 62-year-old ball python has not been with a male in over 15 years, according to Saint Louis Zoo.