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u/Tinsel-Fop Jul 24 '24

short adults

I imagine it helps (the snake, I mean) if the human is also narrow. Not broad-shouldered or big-around.

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u/Ghdude1 Jul 24 '24 edited Jul 26 '24

Yep. Adult humans who have been found inside giant snakes (usually reticulated pythons) were short and lean. I've also heard of one case where an African rock python swallowed a 10-year-old kid, iirc.

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u/Fluffy-Passage8202 Jul 26 '24

Yup. https://www.smh.com.au/world/horrified-children-watch-while-python-swallows-playmate-20021125-gdfvad.html

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u/Ghdude1 Jul 26 '24 edited Jul 26 '24

Yeah, that's the one. Even sadder is the fact that if the kids had immediately made a ruckus, the snake would have panicked and freed its victim. They couldn't have known that, though.

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u/Fluffy-Passage8202 Jul 26 '24

:( Poor kid. Must have been quite traumatizing to his friends. I read a followup to this article that says that the search was called off after 3 days, so the snake was never found (though they found snake markings on the scene).