Posted on 05/25/2017 12:57:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A 25-year-old Indonesian man has been swallowed whole by a python on the island of Sulawesi, according to villagers.
A six-minute video on the Tribun Timur website shows villagers slicing open the python's carcass to reveal the legs and torso of the dead victim, named Akbar.
Junaedi, the secretary of Salubiro Village in West Sulawesi province, said that villagers began searching for Akbar on Monday night after realizing he hadn't returned from working on his palm oil crops the previous day.
Junaedi said on Wednesday that the search party found scattered palm oil fruit, a picking tool and a boot before spotting an engorged 23-foot long reticulated python.
Reticulated pythons grab their prey with dozens of sharp, curved teeth and then squeeze it to death before swallowing it whole. They are widespread in Indonesia and other parts of southeast Asia.
Reports of humans being killed by pythons are extremely rare. In the wild, they are known to eat monkeys, pigs and other mammals.
Akbar's absence wasn't noticed until Monday because his wife was visiting her parents in another province. The alarm was raised when his uncle called him and found his house locked.
Like many Indonesians, Junaedi uses one name, as did Akbar.
Professional courtesy.
Maybe Bathhouse Barry swallowed the snake instead....
He looks more like a gerbil fan to me.
Muslims....not just for breakfast....
Waitaminute!!!! Someone tried to poison a nice snake by feeding it a mussie?
Cruelty to animals!!!
Are Muslims Halal?
The snake might have found him as nauseating as the rest of us!
It did happen to Obummer but the ONE gave the snake diarrhea and Obummer slid right out!
Does a snake ever swallow is prey in pieces?
Just goes to show you,
pythons believe in a
healthy diet and don’t
eat junk food...
And its name was Monty.
The snake was quoted as saying “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing”.
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