Can a python eat a man?

If the python is large enough and hungry enough without question a python could eat a man. Rock Pythons have been known to eat full grown antelope (antlers and all, along with 7+ foot crocodiles. Of all the pythons many experts believe the rock python is the most ill-tempered, they even come out of their eggs striking from the moment they hatch, pissed-off from birth. read more

However, in 2002 an African rock python consumed a 10-year-old South African boy in front of witnesses, and several snakes have been interrupted by other humans as they try to swallow a person. In addition to the African rock python, reticulated pythons and Burmese pythons have also been implicated in fatal attacks on humans. read more

Indonesian police say a farmer in Indonesia has been eaten by a python, which was later cut open to retrieve the man's body. The 25-year-old was seemingly attacked and swallowed at a palm oil plantation near his village in West Sulawesi. read more

Man-eating python can't be unseen. Graphic photos show the discovery of a missing farmer INSIDE a giant python in Indonesia. read more

That can include animals as large as pigs or even cows. Sometimes the size of the meal can be misjudged. In 2005 a Burmese python tried to swallow an alligator whole - it burst in the process and both died, their bodies later being found by Florida rangers. But these opportunistic hunters can be surprisingly picky too. read more