HALIFAX AND TORONTO – The four-metre python that killed Connor and Noah Barthe was sleeping right beside them, says a friend of the snake’s owner. African Rock Pythons are prohibited in New Brunswick.

Noah and Connor Barthe, 4 and 6, were sleeping when an African rock python in a nearby room escaped its cage through a small hole in the ceiling It slithered through a ventilation shaft in its glass ...

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