A woman in Indonesia's Jambi province was killed & swallowed whole by a python.
Jahrah, a rubber-tapper reportedly in her 50s, had made her way to work at a rubber plantation on Sunday morning.
She was reported missing after failing to return that night & search parties sent out to find her. A day later villagers found a python with what appeared to be a large stomach.
Locals later killed the snake & found her body inside.
"The victim was found in the snake's stomach," Betara Jambi police chief AKP S Harefa said, adding that her body appeared to be largely intact when it was found.
He said the victim's husband had on Sunday night found some of her clothes & tools she had used at the rubber plantation, leading him to call on a search party.
After the snake - which was more than 20 feet — long - was spotted on Monday, villagers then caught & killed it to verify the victim's identity.
"After they cut the belly apart, they found it was Jahrah inside," Mr Harefa said.
Though such incidents are rare, this is not the first time someone in Indonesia has been killed & eaten by a python. 2 similar deaths were reported in the country between 2017 & 2018.
How can a snake eat a human?
Pythons swallow their food whole. Their jaws are connected by very flexible ligaments so they can stretch around large prey.
"In essence they can go as large as their prey goes," said Mary-Ruth Low, conservation & research officer for Wildlife Reserves Singapore.
That can include animals as large as pigs or even cows.
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Source: BBC
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