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January 24, 2016 - Xanden Hanners, 6, can't hide his trepidation as he comes face-to-face with Bama-Cakes, a 45 pound, ten and half-foot-long, three-year-old, female Burmese Python, during Repticon Memphis at the Landers Center in Southaven. Hundreds of of different snakes, frogs, lizards, spiders and other assorted exotic pets were on the display for reptile enthusiasts. (Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal)

January 24, 2016 - Xanden Hanners, 6, can't hide his trepidation as he comes face-to-face with Bama-Cakes, a 45 pound, ten and half-foot-long, three-year-old, female Burmese Python, during Repticon Memphis at the Landers Center in Southaven. Hundreds of of different snakes, frogs, lizards, spiders and other assorted exotic pets were on the display for reptile enthusiasts. (Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal)