Can pythons really eat people?
First of all, let’s talk about the mouths of pythons. They have a special structure. Our human mouths can only open to an angle of 30 degrees, but a snake's mouth can open to an angle of 180 degrees or even greater. The reason is that the bones in our mouths are connected with each other using "tenons", but snakes use ligaments to connect with each other. Then it can open freely. The snake's mouth can open very wide for the same reason. What's more, before a snake swallows a large animal, it has already processed the animal: when it wraps around its prey, it tightens as it wraps around it until the prey suffocates to death; then, it squeezes the prey into a long strip for easier swallowing.
What should we do if the snake catches a bird whose wings are like two unfolded folding fans? When the small -bellied snake swallows a larger bird, it usually swallows the bird's head first. In order to prevent the bird from slipping out of the mouth, the viper 's left and right rows of teeth alternately perform a series of slow movements: the left tooth does not move, firmly hooking the bird, and the right tooth slowly moves forward. Pull the prey into the mouth; then the teeth on the right hook the food, and the teeth on the left move forward... just like this, it slowly swallows, and the bird's open wings close in one direction.
When a snake swallows a large animal, will its trachea be blocked? Will not. Because the opening of its larynx is in front of the bottom of the mouth, this is where the trachea opens. When a snake swallows prey, its movable larynx extends outside its mouth so that it does not have to worry about its trachea being blocked.
Will large animals pass unimpeded in the intestines of snakes? Yes. You know, the snake's stomach is different from that of chickens and rabbits. It is not spherical, but like an unusually long bag. The intestines of snakes are also different from other animals. They are not winding, but a straight tube. A straight intestine is very beneficial for swallowing larger foods.
Of course, then again, it is not always easy for snakes to swallow large animals, and sometimes they pay a heavy price. People sometimes see that when snakes swallow large animals, the food gets stuck in their mouths, making them unable to spit it out, trying to swallow but unable to swallow; or their mouths are filled with blood, and their teeth and bones are broken. Sometimes, although a snake swallows a large animal, the animal's spines and bones pierce the snake's intestines and body wall, causing it extreme pain.
So can pythons really swallow people? The answer is: yes!
In March 2017, a 25-year-old farmer in West Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, disappeared while working in his palm forest. Later, people found a python with a swollen abdomen nearby. When the python's abdomen was cut open, his body was found. corpse.
In June 2018, also in Indonesia , a woman who went out to inspect her farmland at night disappeared. Later, she found a python with a swollen abdomen. The woman's body was found after cutting open the python's abdomen.
