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🐢 Reptiles

Python facts for kids

Where the python lives, what it eats, the sound it makes and a fun fact. Tap Tell me! and Buzzby reads it out loud.

🏠 Where does the python live?
Forests and grasslands of Africa, Asia and Australia
🍽️ What does the python eat?
Rats, birds and small animals
🔊 What sound does it make, or how does it move?
Hisses
✨ Fun fact
Pythons are some of the longest snakes in the world and squeeze their food instead of biting it.

Ages 6 to 10 Reptiles

All about the python

The python is one of the reptiles in our Animal Kingdom. You can find it in forests and grasslands of Africa, Asia and Australia, and it eats rats, birds and small animals. It hisses. This page is a good fit for ages 6 to 10 (1st to 5th Grade), and Buzzby can read it out loud.

Is the python one of the reptiles?

Yes. Reptiles have dry scaly skin, are cold blooded and most lay eggs.

Talk about it

  • Have you ever seen a python? Where was it?
  • What would you eat if you were a python?
  • Can you make the python's sound or move like it?

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For grown ups

DoodleBeez is an ad free learning site for ages 3 to 14 from ABIEdu Kids. The Animal Kingdom has 209 animals, each read aloud by Buzzby the bee, plus 510 read aloud picture books, step by step drawing guides and learning games. Start free, no card needed.