# How many bones does a ball python have?

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**Created:** [November 12, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bones-does-a-ball-python-have/771706 "2016-11-12T22:38:33Z")\
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Not vertebrae, but humans lack one bone found in our related apes, the baculum.

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