Reptile experts are baffled by a python attack in an apartment in New Brunswick that left two young boys dead in New Brunswick, with autopsies scheduled for today that hope to shed light into the incident that has led to cautions about exotic pets.

Noah Barthe, 5, and Connor Barthe, 7, were killed by the large African rock python while visiting an apartment upstairs from Reptile Ocean in Campbellton on Monday morning, RCMP say. They were found dead Monday morning.

Steven Benteau, a spokesman for the Department of Natural Resources, told CBC News on Tuesday that African rock pythons are not permitted under the province's Exotic Wildlife Regulation.

A criminal investigation has been launched.

In the meantime, the shocking attack has baffled even snake experts.

"It’s strange, I’m just trying to piece it together,” says Lee Parker, the facilities manager at Ontario reptile zoo Reptilia. “They don't go on killing sprees … it doesn't make sense to me."

"It’s strange, I’m just trying to piece it together,” says Lee Parker, the facilities manager at Ontario reptile zoo Reptilia. “They don't go on killing sprees … it doesn't make sense to me."

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

how does a snake run the ol' PacMan gimmick on kid A

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

If you hate Laurence, then don't listen - don't comment. When he co-hosts the B&B show, take that day off ... listen to an old podcast of a Bernstein solo show and jerk off all day.

I'm glad to know that snakes don't go on killing sprees.

What a terrific thread!

There's a lot missing from that story .... I mean, I understand being so scared you can't move, but how does a snake run the ol' PacMan gimmick on kid A without kid B screaming, running away.