Then, the ambush hunters wait for prey to come by, before striking with their curved teeth and wrapping their strong bodies around the victim, which can lead to cardiac arrest and death. Reticulated pythons hunt by picking an area that smells like their prey, Penning said. (Image credit: David Penning) Ambush hunters
Its movable joints allow the jaws to expand and move so the animal can swallow large prey. This skull came from a 17-foot-long (5.1 meters) python. "Snakes have very unique digestive systems, which can expand a lot of energy to increase their digestive capacity," Penning said. It's possible that the snake could have passed her clothes (depending on what they were made of), but snakes can digest an entire body, even bone, he said. If the search party hadn't found the python that ate her, there would have been little evidence of the attack, said Penning, who wasn't involved with the woman's case. "When they cut open the snake's belly, they found Tiba's body still intact with all her clothes," Faris told the AP. They promptly killed the snake and carried it back to the village. About 165 feet (50 m) from these belongings, the search party found a snake with a bloated body.
Her family and others villagers went looking for her on Friday (June 15) but found just her belongings, including her sandals and machete, the village chief, Faris (who goes by a single name), told the AP. But it was there that the 23-foot-long (7 meters) python attacked and swallowed her whole. Tiba went because wild boars had been raiding her corn and she wanted to stop them, according to the South China Morning Post. In the recent Indonesian case, 54-year-old Wa Tiba went out Thursday night (June 14) with a flashlight to check on her vegetable garden, which is located in a rocky area on Muna island covered in caves and cliffs thought to be swarming with snakes, according to the Associated Press (AP).
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