Photograph of giant snake that appears
to have eaten a human sweeps the internet… but did it actually kill anyone?
This photograph has sparked debate and
confusion across the internet.
The image, which has sweeped across
social media sites, appears to show a python that has just finished a
human-sized meal.
While suggestions about where the
picture may have been taken range between Asia, Africa and America, the general
consensus is that this snake’s food was human.
One website claims it was taken in
India, where the mighty snake swallowed a sleeping drunkard.
Another version goes that the snake
swallowed a woman in Durban North, South Africa, this summer, and that the
picture was taken by a reporter.
The picture has also been claimed to
have been taken in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Guyana, South America.
There have also been stories that the
snake was found in game reserve before eating its rescuer.
Many others, including the
website Hoax Slayer, have claimed the photograph is fake.
If real, this would not be the first
reported incident involving a python eating a human whole
One of the deadliest creatures in the
world, this would not represent the first time a python has eaten a human.
In 2002, a 20ft
python reportedly swallowed a ten-year-old boy whole in Durban, South
Africa, in the first recorded man-eating incident for its species.
Meanwhile, last month a ten-foot albino
Burmese python swallowed two cats in Florida, United States.
Python snakes are found in countries across Africa, Asia and
Australia. They are also now found in North America after making their way into
the Everglades National Park, Florida.
No comments:
Post a Comment