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Large Snakes

Man finds wife’s feet sticking out of python after she went missing​

A mother-of-five was killed and half-swallowed by a 30ft python as she walked alone through an Indonesian forest.
Siriati, 30, was on her way to meet her brother to go to the market together when the giant snake attacked near the village of Siteba, in Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi, on Tuesday morning.

When she didn’t turn up, the brother contacted Siriati’s husband Adiansya, 30, who retraced her route.

After spotting her sandals, he was horrified to see the python eating his wife around 16ft away, with her legs sticking out of its mouth.

He killed the snake and dragged Siriati out, but she was already dead.
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brownmane said:
I really didn't know that pythons strike:omg:. And them being such large snakes, I didn't think they would move that quickly. I knew they squeezed and devoured their prey whole.

New nightmare fodder.
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I have a pet snake called Bob. He is a Corn Snake and just over five foot long. When he strikes it is with lightning speed, he has bitten me twice. When he wraps around you even though he is small you can feel the power in him. Scale that up a bit and...

I have had a ten foot snake hung over my shoulders and the diameter of that was massive, it didn't really wrap itself with any strength but bearing in mind most of it is muscle I can see how they can take a person out. I use the same defence mechanism as Lord Mongrove.
 
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gordonrutter said:
I have a pet snake called Bob. He is a Corn Snake and just over five foot long. When he strikes it is with lightning speed, he has bitten me twice. When he wraps around you even though he is small you can feel the power in him. Scale that up a bit and...

I have had a ten foot snake hung over my shoulders and the diameter of that was massive, it didn't really wrap itself with any strength but bearing in mind most of it is muscle I can see how they can take a person out. I use the same defence mechanism as Lord Mongrove.
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I am not a reptile person in that I would never have one as a pet because I have no affinity with them.

However, I have picked up our garter snakes to move them out of harm's way. They are very muscular.

My one sister was bitten as a kid. I laughed because everyone knows to pick up a snake just behind its head. She didn't.

The native garter snake in my area of Ontario:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_garter_snake
 
Birmingham Boa Alert.

An snake believed to be an escaped boa constrictor has been spotted several times in a park.

People were urged not to approach the reptile if they saw it in Ley Hill Park, Northfield, Birmingham, but report sightings to the RSPCA. The snake was about five feet (1.5m) long and not thought to be dangerous but should be left alone, the Friends of Ley Hill Park group said. One user of their Facebook page called the situation "scary" and the group advised dog walkers to keep an eye on their pets.Boa constrictors are not venomous but have been known to kill animals by squeezing them to death.

Several sightings in the park were reported last week, according to the friends group. Anyone who found a snake they believed not to be native to their area should keep a safe distance and call the RSPCA's helpline, a spokesperson for the charity said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2lmnl2gdvo
 
Big appetite.

Photos show 10-foot Burmese python swallowing a reticulated python whole, eating the snake from the tail up in just 2 hours.

A Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) using its mouth to swallow the body of a Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus) in Bandarban District, Bangladesh.

A Burmese python was seen eating a larger reticulated python on a wildlife farm in Bangladesh. (Image credit: Adnan Azad)

A Burmese python has been spotted attacking and swallowing a reticulated python. The unusual encounter could be the first known case of these species — two of the world's biggest snakes — preying on one another, scientists say.

Researchers in India observed the rare event in 2020, and images captured the moment the Burmese python (Python bivittatus) began feasting on the reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) from the tail up, while it was still alive. It took about two hours for the snake to be completely consumed, scientists reported in a research note published Aug. 20 in the journal Reptiles and Amphibians.

"It was a really unusual situation to find two pythons in the same area," study co-author Ashikur Rahman Shome, a wildlife ecologist at Dhaka University in Bangladesh, told Live Science.

When the scientists arrived, the 10-foot-long (3 meters) Burmese python was coiled around the slightly larger reticulated python's tail. The latter tried to fight back by constricting the Burmese python, but it eventually loosened its grip and was swallowed from the tail end up.

https://www.livescience.com/animals...ther-giant-snake-in-1st-of-its-kind-encounter
 
Peripart said:
My fact about the boa constrictor is that it's the only creature (I think!) whose common name in English is the same as its Latin name.
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Personal bugbear but Scientific name not Latin name.

Tyrannosaurus rex
And I'm sure there is an Australian bird as well but I can't recall what it is off the top of my head.

And there are a few also rans such as the Gorilla which is Gorilla gorilla gorilla and the European Lynx is Lynx lynx lynx amongst others.
 
Photos show 10-foot Burmese python swallowing a reticulated python whole, eating the snake from the tail up in just 2 hours.

But that's just so mean! yeah yeah I know nature red in tooth, claw and coil. Actually is snakes blood red? ... I suppose it must be, have just never had cause to think about it before. I don't particulary want to think about it now actually.

Er 'thanks for posting' @ramonmercado, yes I know I didn't have to click on the link before getting my evening meal but I've suddenly lost my appetite!!! (Even though only vegetables are going to be killed, it's besides the point. Courgettes do look a little bit like sections of a snake. ha!ha!)
 
gordonrutter said:
Personal bugbear but Scientific name not Latin name.

Tyrannosaurus rex
And I'm sure there is an Australian bird as well but I can't recall what it is off the top of my head.
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Fair point on the nomenclature!

As for T rex, you're right, and the same may be true of other dinosaurs. To be fair, I was only considering creatures living today.
 
Four metre reticulated python wraps itself around Thai grandmother's torso.

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Astonishing moment python wraps itself around woman’s torso​

Astonishing footage shows the moment a woman was found with a four metre-long python wrapped around her torso as she endured a four-hour suffocation attack.
Astonishing footage shows the moment a woman was found alive after a four metre-long python wrapped itself around her torso.
Arrom Arunroj, a 64-year-old grandmother from Thailand, endured a terrifying four-hour suffocation attack before being freed from the massive snake on Tuesday night.

She had just finished eating dinner and was washing dishes in her outdoor kitchen when she felt a sudden stab of pain in her right thigh.
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https://www.news.com.au/travel/trav...o/news-story/eb165d2ebcddd846e70aea4e6b75be4e
 
brownmane said:
I am not a reptile person in that I would never have one as a pet because I have no affinity with them.

However, I have picked up our garter snakes to move them out of harm's way. They are very muscular.

My one sister was bitten as a kid. I laughed because everyone knows to pick up a snake just behind its head. She didn't.

The native garter snake in my area of Ontario:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_garter_snake
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I have seen 20+ garter snakes in a single day last year walking trails around Ottawa,this season the most in a day was 4,good population last year.
 
One that St Patrick missed.

Python rescued after house fire​

PSNI Police officer holds a reticulated python by the head
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The python was rescued by police from a terraced house in north Belfast

Police officers helped rescue a reticulated python from a house fire in north Belfast on Friday. The snake was discovered after reports of the fire at a terraced house on Crosby Street, in the Peter's Hill area, just before 08:00 GMT. No other occupants were trapped in the property, which was severely damaged by smoke.

Police said arrangements had been made for the python, named Jenner, to be placed in the care of a local animal rescue centre.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn57716r06ro
 
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Lest these men be considered jumpy, the battalion's first air-evacuation casualty was Private Littlefriars (4 Platoon, B-Coy) who had been bitten by a snake, and Support Company were later obliged to shoot a python ('a few inches under twenty feet) towards the end of their tour in 1952--presumably shown here.

There seems to be some confusion over the snake:

Shortly after our arrival [in Tampin], and whilst clearing an area for use as a rifle range, we killed an 18 foot Hamadryad (King Cobra). I wrote off to the Raffles Museum in Singapore to enquire if they were interested in it. "Many thanks,"the Curator courteously replied, "But we
already have a 25 foot Hamadryad!"
 
Another python abandoned.

Charity workers were left "shocked" after finding a python abandoned outside a block of flats.

The metre-long (3ft) snake was discovered in a plastic box near the property's main entrance in Satanita Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.

RSCPA officer Enola Evans said the "poor snake was cold and lethargic", adding it was later taken in by a veterinarian. The charity appealed for anyone who may have seen how the animal was discarded to get in touch.

Royal pythons originate from the grasslands of West Africa and use constriction rather than venom to kill their prey. They can grow up to a length of 1.5 metres (almost 5ft). They are known to curl into a ball when they feel threatened or frightened, according to the RSPCA.

RSPCA The python curled up inside the box.
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The python was found in "freezing" weather conditions, the RSPCA said

"We are not sure how long the royal python was left outside in the cold, rainy weather in dangerously inappropriate housing and conditions," Ms Evans said. "This could have been life-threatening for the snake."

The RSPCA said the snake's plight came amid rising cases of abandonment.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx8qxdqr75o
 
Yithian said:
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Lest these men be considered jumpy, the battalion's first air-evacuation casualty was Private Littlefriars (4 Platoon, B-Coy) who had been bitten by a snake, and Support Company were later obliged to shoot a python ('a few inches under twenty feet) towards the end of their tour in 1952--presumably shown here.

There seems to be some confusion over the snake:

Shortly after our arrival [in Tampin], and whilst clearing an area for use as a rifle range, we killed an 18 foot Hamadryad (King Cobra). I wrote off to the Raffles Museum in Singapore to enquire if they were interested in it. "Many thanks,"the Curator courteously replied, "But we
already have a 25 foot Hamadryad!"
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I'd love to know more about the king cobra from the Raffles Museum. 25 foot would be i record for the species. The current record is 18 feet for one kept in London Zoo in the 30s /40s. Where is this clip from?
 
lordmongrove said:
I'd love to know more about the king cobra from the Raffles Museum. 25 foot would be i record for the species. The current record is 18 feet for one kept in London Zoo in the 30s /40s. Where is this clip from?
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Friends of the Green Howard's Museum Newsletter.

http://www.enicholl.com/the-green-howard/html-files/newsletter-issue-005.htm

There's no other mention of it in that edition.

Try here:
https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/app/uploads/2017/06/2011nis143-156.pdf

And here:
https://archive.org/search?query=Bulletin+Of+The+Raffles+Museum
 
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