50-pound python survives box-cutter attack, recovering at Monkey Island

Monkey Island has to be the most glorious place in Missouri. Whenever there’s a chimp on the rampage or an alligator riding in the backseat of an SUV, they’re always sent to the animal sanctuary in Greenwood, Missouri.

The latest castaway on Monkey Island is a 50-pound Burmese python that was attacked with a box cutter as someone tried to cut the snake’s head off.