Seems like over the years there was always some debate whether the larger constrictors actually killed/hunted humans. Guess they sometimes do - a quick excerpt from the National Post (full article has pictures and videos):
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Villagers and news reports say a 25-year-old Indonesian man was swallowed whole by a python on the island of Sulawesi.
A six-minute video on the website of the Tribun Timur publication shows villagers slicing open the python’s carcass to reveal the legs and torso of the victim, named Akbar.
Junaedi, the secretary of Salubiro village in West Sulawesi province, told The Associated Press that villagers began searching for Akbar on Monday night after realizing he hadn’t returned from his palm oil crops.
Junaedi said Wednesday that the search party found scattered palm oil fruit, a picking tool and a boot, and then spotted the engorged python.
He said: “When its stomach was cut, we first saw his boot and legs near the neck. It seems he was attacked from behind.”
It's a heck of a way to go out, but that's nature. Funny tho, constrictors will generally regurgitate a large meal under stress, they can't move well from full.
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It seems he was attacked from behind.
I'm sorry, but that's funny. Thank you captain obvious.
Still, there's likely more humans killed and eaten by cannibals every year.
? Another "urban myth" laid to rest
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