News Forum - Snakes alive: Thai woman battles 4-metre python in Samut Prakan

[Thaiger]

A quiet night turned into a nightmare for a woman in Samut Prakan province when a 4-metre-long python wrapped itself around her for nearly two hours, leaving her fighting for her life. The woman, 64 year old Arrom Arunroj, had just finished her dinner and was washing dishes at the back of her house, located … …

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[SnapDragon]

Lucky it wasn't a boa.

[Smiler]

5 minutes ago, SnapDragon said:

Lucky it wasn't a boa.

Why? Reticulated pythons are much bigger and more dangerous than a boa, having said that to be attacked by one of these snakes is a very rare event, generally they just want to be left alone. 

[SnapDragon]

1 minute ago, Smiler said:

Why? Reticulated pythons are much bigger and more dangerous than a boa, having said that to be attacked by one of these snakes is a very rare event, generally they just want to be left alone. 

A 4 metre long boa would have sorted her in minutes. Ain't called a constrictor for nothing.

[Smiler]

One: that picture is very doubtful it doesn’t look real at all

Two: boa constrictors grow to about 12 feet maximum I know I’ve kept and bred them

Three: the anaconda belongs to the boa family but they only live in S America and are the worlds heaviest snake and are certainly capable of killing a person but it hardly ever happens 

Four  The reticulated python is the worlds longest snake and far more dangerous than the boa constrictor 

[Khunmark]

8 hours ago, SnapDragon said:

A 4 metre long boa would have sorted her in minutes. Ain't called a constrictor for nothing.

That looks a lot longer than 4 metres to me.