Q 01/05

Which pop star danced with an albino Burmese python on her shoulders at the 2001 MTV VMAs?

A) Mariah Carey

B) Britney Spears

C) Jennifer Lopez

D) Christina Aguilera

Answer · why

B) Britney Spears

Britney Spears wore the snake while premiering a new single, and later revealed that it swung its head round to her face and hissed mid-song.

Q 02/05

Which 1992 hurricane wrecked a Florida Burmese python breeding facility, loosing its snakes into the swamps?

A) Hugo

B) Katrina

C) Andrew

D) Camille

Answer · why

C) Andrew

Andrew is often blamed for the invasion, though researchers think the breeding population more likely took hold elsewhere, from a handful of founder s...

Q 03/05

A mother Burmese python wraps herself around her eggs and warms them for weeks by doing what?

A) Twitching her muscles

B) Basking, then returning

C) Breathing warm air

D) Burying them in leaves

Answer · why

A) Twitching her muscles

Twitching her muscles in a slow shiver raises the temperature around the eggs by several degrees, but once the young cut their way out she gives them ...

Q 04/05

What triggers a Burmese python's heart to bulk up, its main chamber growing about 40 percent heavier?

A) Laying a clutch

B) Eating a big meal

C) The mating season

D) A long-distance swim

Answer · why

B) Eating a big meal

Eating a big meal sets off a top-to-tail rebuild: the intestines bulk up, stomach juices surge and oxygen use can climb to 40 times the resting rate.

Q 05/05

A captive Burmese python that weighed 403 pounds, the heaviest snake then on record, went by which name?

A) Tiny

B) Baby

C) Peanut

D) Noodle

Answer · why

B) Baby

Baby outweighed any wild snake ever measured, yet she stretched less than 19 feet, a length that a wild python caught in Florida has since beaten.