The mating ritual of pythons is a fascinating process. When pythons are ready to mate, they engage in a behavior called topping, where males twist around each other and may even bite each other’s necks. The male that successfully tops the other gets to mate with the female.
Females usually refuse the males at first until they’re ready to have their eggs fertilized. The actual mating process takes less than an hour, and females reproduce once or twice a year.