Help me with this, because I don't know much about how pythons kill their prey...but i'm guessing python constricted around her and crushed her before it began swallowing her...right? the article doesn't say. http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2003/11/21/1069027339796.html Python swallows Bangladeshi woman Date: November 22 2003 A python killed and half-swallowed a woman in south-eastern Bangladesh, police said yesterday. Basanti Tripura, 38, was collecting fruit with a friend in a forest when she was attacked on Tuesday, a police official said. She was swallowed up to her waist. The python, believed to have been more than three metres long, was killed and the body retrieved, the official said.
I don't believe that story as told--a Python that was 3 meters (10 feet) or around that length is not big enough to take an adult half in. Now if they said 7 to 9 meters that is a little more plausible (Pythons have been known to reach 30 feet).
I don't know...Have you ever seen a snake eat? They can open their mouths up wider than you think. I saw a snake last night swallow a whole bat, wings and all. It's a Middle Eastern woman, so she's probably pretty skinny. Plus, 10 feet is also a lot longer than you think. Let's say the woman was 5'3", that could happen pretty easily. If the headline had read, "Python swallows Alabama woman", then I'd have a hard time believing it.
I have news for you. There are muslim countries outside of the middle east, and there are fat people all over the world. Although since this woman is probably poor, she's probably skinny.
Gee, thanks for the update, Mr. Brokaw. I had no idea there were fat people outside of the United States. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that most middle eastern people are skinny... and WTF does being Muslim have to do with anything?
I saw a few pictures from an urban legend website of a guy being cut out of a Python --- he lived. I'll try and find it -- its pretty gnarly, but not as bad as the weight lifters elbow. YUCK.
That wasn't too hard -- well here ya go it may be fake, but I don't think it is. I'm sure alot of you have seen these pictures before, but here is the warning- THIS COULD BE DISTURBING TO THE SQUEAMISH: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa061101a.htm
IMO, Middle Eastern chicks tend to be a little big boned Plus, dude get an atlas.....this Bangladesh aint even next to the Middle East...specially "south-eastern Bangladesh"
I was making an assumption that you assumed that Bangladesh was in the middle east because it is a muslim country. I guess I was wrong, sorry. But like pippendagimp said, it wouldn't hurt to look at a map.