In Indonesia, a large python attacked a woman and tried to swallow her.
A local resident was killed by a reticulated python. Representatives of this species are considered to be among the largest snakes on the planet.
The reptile's victim was a 74-year-old woman, CBS News reports. She suddenly disappeared a couple of days ago.
Then her relatives started looking for her and found a body with bite marks on her head and legs.
A huge snake lay next to the corpse. Eyewitnesses say that the python swallowed the woman up to her shoulders, but could not swallow her, so it regurgitated its prey.
The snake tried to make another attempt, but at that moment the people killed it. They measured the python, its length was four meters.
It is noted that this is an average specimen, because there are specimens reaching 7 meters.
Reticulated pythons are ambush pythons that stalk their prey. They choose the right moment and attack their prey from ambush.
The snake coils around its prey and strangles it. When the prey stops breathing, the python begins to devour it.
