Learn about African carnivorous pythons

African python is the largest snake in the continent. The mature stone python has a length of 7m, even 10m. Many times the people of the tribes pecked on pythons and got the body.

They are present in most parts of Africa. However, in South Africa this python species has the largest weight and size. This giant python is concentrated in the southern Sahara desert, from Senegal to Ethiopia and Somalia.

They are suitable for many habitats, including steppe, forest, desert, semi-desert, rocky areas, even marshes, rivers and lakes. They are also easily adapted to disturbed habitats and are therefore often found around living humans.

African stone pythons are considered to be prey and very aggressive. They often attack people. Every year there are hundreds of records of pythons attacking people and there are also many cases that swallow the children, even adults. Therefore, in some tribes of Angola, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique . residents call them "cannibalism".

They have a long, stout body, with beautiful patterns, including brown, olive, chestnut, and yellow. Especially, this python species is sensitive to heat, so they can detect prey in the dark. In addition, they have up to 2 active lungs, unlike other pythons, only one lung. On the body of this python, there are still two tiny shriveled legs, which are the degenerate legs of the ancient reptile.

Like other pythons, African pythons have no poison and they kill their prey by dying. After attacking the prey with a sharp bite, it rolls its body to kill the prey. African pythons are not the largest of the python family, but they eat very large prey.

Its favorite dishes are large rodents, monkeys, antelopes, poultry, dogs, goats and sheep. If they lack food, they risk desperately searching for villages that hunt people. Although the continent was dry, there were countless images recorded that swallowed a crocodile in the swamp.

Most recently, a Zambian driver named Kelvin Katoka, 25, while driving an excavator, accidentally stabbed a stone python in the bush. Normally, this python would run away fearfully, however, he didn't do that, but turned to attack the driver. It tightened, knocking down the driver, causing blood to vomit, unconscious. The driver used a knife to stab many into it, but it had no effect. When he was about to swallow him, two colleagues appeared in time and saved his life.

Although they are ferocious pythons, they are actively hunted for skin, food and pets.