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23ft-long python gets medical checkup

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Six brave volunteers at Chester Zoo help with holding a 23ft-long python who gets a heart check-up.

Zoo keepers struggled to move Bali, a 23 ft long Python from its enclosure for ultrasound and heart scan at Chester Zoo.Six workers helped to carry the snake to the health check as it swished around.The zoos two reticulated pythons are taking part in cardiological study as part of a joint research programme between the zoo and Cardiff Metroploitan University.