Villagers Thought This Huge Snake Had Eaten Livestock…

This is why killing this snake has saved hundreds or maybe even thousands of lives of wild and domestic animals and some people too.

It is hard to tell what kind of snake that was, but specialists consider it to be an African rock python. There have been some reports of African rock pythons, which is the continent’s biggest snake and one of the world’s largest, growing up to a massive 6m in length. Males are typically smaller than females, who can grow up to and beyond 4.8m in length.

Like all snakes of the kind, the African rock python is non-venomous and kills its prey by constriction. After gripping the prey, the snake coils around it, tightening its coils every time the victim breathes out. Death is thought to be caused by cardiac arrest rather than by asphyxiation or crushing.

The snake has no enemies in wild nature, this is why it feels mostly unchallenged which makes the beast come closer to human dwellings. This case proves only strong men with knives can stop it from further come backs.

If you wonder what happened to this cut apart mommy python and its hundreds of unborn kids – the villagers have taken all eggs out and spread them among all families. Later that evening most of them were cooked and eaten as snake eggs are considered to be a gourmet item in Africa.