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Show Python on Hunger Strike Is Fed Forcibly Monthly fat. Louis. Although Blondie nineteen-foot python, has been nine years in the St. Louis zoo, it con! tmues to spurn food, and consequent conse-quent y is removed from its inclosed jungle scene" home once each month and forcibly fed. Removal 1rCTmTPliShed by eieht men. M. J. Lantz, keeper, enters the cage, and flips a towel around the snake s head. He seizes the python behind the jaws and drags it through the cage door. Attendants seize sections sec-tions of the powerful body and trail after Lantz. Within thirty seconds Blondie is pmned to the floor-seven attendants attend-ants on board. After feeding, the python's teeth are examined and occasionally a little lit-tle dental work is required. Armed with forceps, cotton and antiseptics, the dentist explores the reptile's upper and lower jaws for loose teeth which pythons try to shed |