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Rangers catch 20-foot python bare-handed | Afro

Kenyan rangers captured a 20-foot python with nothing but their bare hands and an old sack. 'Led by Cpl Gikonyo, this team skillfully captured this python from a community land within Lake Nakuru and released it back into the wild,' the Kenya Wildlife Service posted on its Twitter account. The large python was caught south […]

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