A word of warning: If you’re afraid of snakes or blood-sucking insects, then this video showing a giant python being eaten alive by hundreds of ticks will almost assuredly give you the creeps. It’s ...

Pictures Showing Python Covered With 500 Ticks Go Viral: 'It Felt Like 'Holding A Bag of Marbles' Published Jan 11, 2019 at 7:51 AM EST Updated Jan 11, 2019 at 9:10 AM EST.

A Gold Coast snake catcher who came to the rescue of a carpet python covered in hundreds of ticks and swimming in a backyard pool, says he's never seen anything like it in 26 years of business.