Burmese python and its built-in compass

An Everglades National Park biologist with a captured Burmese python. Scientists discovered in an experiment that the snakes, when transported far from their home turf, immediately oriented themselves to their destination and set off to find it.

The snake is said to be able to "go home" even if released far away.

The Burmese python has a built-in compass that allows it to slither home in a near straight line even if released dozens of kilometres away, researchers said last Wednesday.