I always find it bewildering how people can be so misinformed. I have a friend of mine who is a well know reptile keeper and handler and even considered enough of an expert to be featured on the Encyclopedia Britanica cd talking about Australian reptiles, and he is the proud owner of a VERY VERY LARGE Burmese python(legally) In fact it was stolen from his collection some years ago while he was away(on a Croc expedition I think) and the NPWS found it nearly two years later after a raid on another home and returned it to him after he was able to identify it from the sloths he had kept. In other words YES you can but you do need to be licenced appropriately as he is. And NO he doesn't own a Zoo, Although until recently he was the head reptile keeper of one.