The engine urged python 2.4 meters to kill the master

The large African python may accidentally squeeze the owner to death due to his predatory instincts or feeling about to fall so a tight seat is needed.

Dan Brandon used to take pictures with the 2.4 meter Tiny yellow python wrapped around his shoulders. The python was found curled up in the corner of the room on August 25 last year while Brandon died on the floor, according to National Geographic.

Babs, Brandon's mother, said she heard a thud coming from the boy's room while cooking dinner at home in Hampshire, England. Brandon is a snake breeder with long experience. The authorities immediately suspected that Tiny was the culprit, but last week, an employee who investigated abnormal deaths confirmed the cause of death.

During an autopsy, a pathologist found Brandon's lungs were heavier than expected and the dead had small hemorrhages on one eye. The pathologist said this was a sign Brandon died of suffocation . Damage to the lungs and eyes may be due to pressure on the chest or neck, but Brandon has no traces in both areas.

Brandon let the python wrap around his shoulders.(Photo: Twitter).

However, investigators still concluded that the python was related to Brandon's death. The investigator made it clear he did not believe the python was aggressive to its owner, but it most likely wrapped around Brandon in a way that was too warm.

Tiny is a son, the python has a scary reputation. This is the largest python species in Africa and can be up to 6 meters long. In 2013, an African python killed two boys in Canada. They belong to the prey species , specializing in killing victims by blocking blood circulation. They usually do not kill by causing suffocation. "The current scientific evidence shows that pythons do not suffocate prey and kill through heart arrest," said Professor Scott Boback, python expert at Dickinson University.

With a body 2.4 meters long, prey can block blood flow to the brain in minutes. Researchers do not know exactly how long the process of decoy can cause death, but a person in this situation may lose consciousness within a few seconds.

"The interrupted blood flow and brain function can cause loss of awareness and death faster than suffocation , " said National Geographic explorer Brad Moon. According to Moon, tightening around the body can put pressure on internal organs and destroy blood vessels like the hemorrhages found in Brandon's eyes.

While the investigator makes the assumption that Tiny might seem a bit too warm, Borack thinks it's not his character. Python in particular and other reptiles in general are less likely to show affection.

According to Boback, Tiny can feel it about to fall to the floor and react."If they are on a tree and suddenly a tree is broken, they will try to hold on by tightening the body that is wrapped around the tree," Boback said.

Moon also agrees that pythons do not show affection like dogs or cats."They can become familiar with the owner or the breeder, especially based on their smell. They can lie in their hearts for warmth or climb over them , " Moon said.

Moon said that there are two common reasons that could cause death. They can be squeezed due to fear or when sniffing the prey and predatory instincts are awakened . "It is possible that the python of Brandon is frightened by the panic or switched to hunting mode ," Moon speculated.