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**Title:** Handling a Pregnant Reticulated Python and Extracting Her Eggs
**Summary:**
* A snake handler interacts with a 6-7 year old, genetically valuable, reticulated python (Hat Titanium Tiger) that has laid eggs.
* Unlike the previous year (4 eggs), the snake is expected to have laid more eggs, but in a hard-to-reach location due to her preference for small, enclosed spaces.
* The handler carefully extracts the snake from her enclosure, taking risks to avoid damaging the eggs, and eventually gets bitten in the process.
* Despite the challenges, the handler successfully retrieves the eggs, revealing a clutch of **12 eggs** (half the expected amount, suggesting the snake might only have one functioning oviduct).
* The eggs, already 54 days old, will be incubated for the remaining 30 days (out of 84) to increase the chances of successful hatching.
Here are the extracted key facts, each with a number and in short sentence form, excluding opinions:
1. **Snake Species**: The snake in question is a reticulated python.
2. **Age of Snake**: The snake is approximately 6 to 7 years old.
3. **Egg Laying History**:
* Last year, the snake laid 4 eggs.
* This year, the expectation was for around 5 eggs, but the actual number was not initially disclosed.
4. **Snake Behavior**: Snakes prefer small, enclosed areas for activities like laying eggs.
5. **Egg Retrieval Method**: The handler used a careful, manual method to retrieve the eggs to prevent damage.
6. **Risk Taken**: The handler risked being bitten to safely retrieve the eggs without potentially damaging them.
7. **Snake's Health**: The snake is non-venomous, being a constrictor (reticulated python).
8. **Egg Fertility**: Every egg from the previous year was fertile, suggesting the snake might have only one functioning oviduct.
9. **Oviduct Explanation**: Snakes have two oviducts, each potentially carrying an equal number of eggs, spanning about a third of their body length.
10. **Expected vs. Actual Egg Count**:
* Expected: Around 8-24 eggs (based on "math" and snake size).
* Actual: Revealed to be exactly half of the higher end expectation, but the precise number (10-12) is confirmed in the text.
11. **Incubation Period and Challenges**:
* The eggs are 54 days old and require 84 days total to hatch.
* The chances of the eggs going bad increase with time, especially for reticulated pythons compared to some other species.
**Clarification on Fact 10**:
- The text implies an expectation but only clearly states receiving "exactly half" of a larger, calculated amount, which aligns with 12 eggs if considering "24 eggs" as the base for "half of that" mentioned later in the text. However, the text directly mentions "2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12" in sequence, suggesting a total of 12 eggs as the confirmed number.