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Man swallowed by Reticulated Python in Indonesia

Discussion in 'Wildlife & Nature Conservation' started by Zooish, 29 Mar 2017.

  1. Zooish

    Zooish Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    While the species has been known to kill adult humans, this is probably the first definitive record (if not most well documented) of a Reticulated Python ingesting a grown man. The python was 7 metres long and killed a 25 year old Indonesian villager. The python was caught and sliced open to reveal the man's body. The linked article has a video of the python being cut open, viewer discretion advised.

    Indonesian villagers find man swallowed inside python | Daily Mail Online
     
  2. Loxodonta Cobra

    Loxodonta Cobra Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    This may sound immature, but that is pretty cool (the snake eating the full-grown human, not the man and snake both dying) :eek:.
     
  3. FunkyGibbon

    FunkyGibbon Well-Known Member

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    I doubt his family think so...
     
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    Very sad.

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