A surfer who rode the waves with his pet python has been fined by Australian authorities for taking the snake out in public after a video of the duo’s unusual adventures aired on local media.

A surfer with a pet python decided to take the reptile out for a spin on his board, with drone footage showing the pair enjoying the waves in the sunshine.

Months after it escaped from its cage, a 20-foot pet Burmese python was found alive about 100 feet away from its owner's house near Rogersville, Mo.

A California neighborhood is on alert after a family's 15-foot pet python, named Big Momma, escaped from its cage on July 3.