import MySQLdb
name = ""
data = []
while (1):
name = raw_input("Please enter a name (EOF to end): ")
if name == "EOF":
break
species = raw_input("Please enter a species: ")
tuple = (name, species)
data.append(tuple)
db = MySQLdb.connect(host='localhost', user='joe', passwd='security', db='db56a')
cursor = db.cursor()
cursor.executemany("Insert into animals(name, species) values(%s,%s)", data)