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Mother Was Gaea: PYTHON, pi'thon, in classical mythology, an enormous serpent—hence the name "python" (q.v.) given to certain great snakes of the family Boidae. Python's mother was Gaea (Earth), who conceived it parthenogenetically from the slime covering the earth after the Flood. Python lived in a cave on Mount Parnassus, Greece, and guarded the oracle of Delphi on that mountain's southern slope.
One of the weakest points in Wegener's original arguments centred on the tremendous forces necessary to drive the continents apart. These new theories, which have been substantially proven, provide an explanation of the necessary motive power, but there is still much to learn about the break-up of Pan-gaea, the original continent [Key].
Gestation takes 16 days; 7-15 in litter; young born pink, naked, and blind. Do not disturb young or mother for at least a week after birth; if disturbed mother will either kill and eat the young or neglect them and allow them to die. After 3 weeks, remove young from mother; otherwise, mother fights with them and often kills them. Sexes should be separated before young reach maturity at 43 days.
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