22 Indian Rock Python Eggs Hatched in Artificial Incubator

On Tuesday, 22 eggs of the Indian rock python were hatched in an artificial incubator, almost a month after they were rescued from drainage pipelines in Vikhroli by Mumbai forest officials and volunteers of the Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare (RAWW), a rescue foundation.

- Shreya Jachak

MUMBAI:

On May 18, RAWW and the forest officials received a distress call from workers who were carrying out pre-monsoon cleaning off the Eastern Express Highway in Vikhroli. The workers had spotted a female python protecting her 22 eggs inside a drainage pipeline. "No one touched the python, as the drainage line was attached to the highway. If it had moved, it would have caused a problem on the busy street," said Pawan Sharma, founder of RAWW.