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A Snake Story For Mark...

by Blake Cook Nov 22, 2003 11:52AM PST

"RANGAMATI, Bangladesh (AP) - Villagers searching for a missing woman found her body swallowed headfirst up to the waist by a 10-foot-long python, police said Friday.

Basanti Tripura, 38, was collecting wood in a forest when the python attacked her Tuesday in Rangamati district, police said.

The snake crushed the woman in its coils and had swallowed half her body before villagers discovered her. They retrieved the body after killing the snake with iron rods and sticks, the police official said."

Python Swallows Woman's Body Up to Waist

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NT - Another reason for not liking them!
by Charlie Thunell PL&T Nov 22, 2003 12:09PM PST

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Snakes are cool!!
by Blake Cook Nov 22, 2003 12:57PM PST
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Sure...
by Charlie Thunell PL&T Nov 22, 2003 2:07PM PST

Especially when you find yourself half way into them!

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Keeping Rodent Populations In Check...
by Blake Cook Nov 22, 2003 5:54PM PST
Especially when you find yourself half way into them! - C. Thunell

I doubt that most of us ever have to worry about being eaten by anything, especially by a snake. Snakes are very useful animals too. They can really keep the rodent population in check...

In Wyoming, the bull snakes keep the rattle snakes away from the Crude Oil tanks. I really preferred seeing the bull snakes when I approached the tanks. I always knew that I didn't have to worry about surprising a rattle snake and getting bit out in the middle of nowhere...

Snakes are cool...
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Re:A Snake Story For Mark...
by Mark G Nov 22, 2003 12:26PM PST

i find that story very hard to beleave yes it could kill her but ive handled 10 ft boas, pythons if was a child i would find it easyier to beleave.
but thank you for bringing it to my atention.
ariel my red tail boa is over 5 and a half feet long now, she likes her new houseing as its much wider than her 55 gal. aquairium

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The Food Chain...
by Blake Cook Nov 22, 2003 12:56PM PST
i find that story very hard to beleave yes it could kill her but ive handled 10 ft boas, pythons - Mark G

I doubt that this was a 10 ft boa though. The story seems legit since it was reported through the AP. I once saw a show on the Animal Planet where they discovered a large yellow boa or python, I think it was 30-40 ft. I'm not sure I would want to stumble across one of those in the woods in order to find out whether I was in it's food chain. Based on this story, I probably could be...

Do you have any idea how fast a large boa or python can move? Could it catch a terrified and running human???
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Re:The Food Chain...
by C1ay Nov 22, 2003 1:41PM PST
Do you have any idea how fast a large boa or python can move? Could it catch a terrified and running human???

It could not catch a walking human, much less a running one. She had to step within it's strike range. From the area of the report I would guess it was probably a reticulated python or a rock python, both are a large species that would be around 6 to 10 inches in diameter at 10 feet long depending on gender, both are fast striking but slow moving animals. She just never got the chance to outrun it, once it struck it was over with.
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NT - What a horrible way to go...
by Blake Cook Nov 22, 2003 5:47PM PST
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Re:The Food Chain...
by Mark G Nov 22, 2003 10:56PM PST

its strike is faster than you can blink but to chace down a runing person no way snakes hunt by ambush, or trailing by scent, if the come across pray while searching they will go after it but to chase a full grown person isnt feasible

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The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time...
by Blake Cook Nov 23, 2003 2:20AM PST
its strike is faster than you can blink but to chace down a runing person no way snakes hunt by ambush, or trailing by scent, if the come across pray while searching they will go after it but to chase a full grown person isnt feasible

So if this story is true, then this poor lady just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. She may have never known what hit her. Do pythons have the ability to chemically disable their prey???
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Re:The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time...
by C1ay Nov 23, 2003 2:38AM PST

{i]Do pythons have the ability to chemically disable their prey???

No, the are strictly constrictors that squeeze the breath from their prey.

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I find this story hard to swallow*
by Rick S Nov 22, 2003 12:31PM PST

I kill me

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NT - Just don't eat you!
by Charlie Thunell PL&T Nov 22, 2003 12:39PM PST

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