What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

The ball python was discovered near the student dropoff/pickup area at Dauphin County Technical School this morning, police said.

Massive 500-pound mating ball of pythons discovered in Florida (Photo By Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Denver Post via Getty Images ...

Wildlife experts in southwest Florida said they recently captured 500 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons after discovering a large ball of mating snakes in Collier County.

Wildlife experts in Southwest Florida recently snagged 500 pounds of Burmese pythons - including one more than 16 feet long, after finding a large mating ball of the snakes not far from the city ...

In a record-setting expedition, conservationists in the Everglades captured and removed 11 invasive pythons from the environment.

Ball pythons, native to Africa, are not part of the local ecosystem, and it's believed the four snakes were likely pets abandoned in the Mill Creek Community Association's Nature Reserve.

The footage shows more than a dozen diamond pythons tied up in a large mating ball. This is a natural reproductive strategy, experts say.

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida reported it caught 11 pythons and put them down 'humanely." Burmese pythons are invasive in Florida.

COURTESY HDOA Police found a live ball python in a deceased man’s home in Waipahu. Snakes are illegal to transport and possess in Hawaii.

Residents of the St. Augustine neighborhood are scrambling to figure out what to do with all the pythons, which likely escaped or are released pets.