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The surviving eggs will need about a month to hatch. A 62-year-old ball python curled up around her eggs on July 23, 2020.

St. Louis Zoo officials are trying to solve the mystery of how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs without being around a male python for at least two decades.

The 62-year-old ball python has not been with a male in over 15 years, according to Saint Louis Zoo.

A 62-year-old female python at the St. Louis Zoo hasn't been in contact with a male in decades, but she was somehow able to reproduce this summer.