Forest Department released 27 python hatchlings into Chandaka Forest range in Khorda on July 1. Local residents noticed mother python on May 5 when she was pregnant. Villagers and forest officials kept the python under supervision for over a month. The mother python and her 30 eggs were shifted to a facility of the forest department. The Odisha forest department artificially hatched eggs of a python on June 30. Later, the mother python was released into the forest.
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