I found a picture on the Net while trying to identify a small snake we found in our home. The picture shows a large mass inside the belly of a snake. There are pictures. 2 where you see the bulge and the third shows the open belly with a human body inside. Check it out and tell me it's a real!!!! Have you ever heard or seen such a thing. If yes where? And please No Hollywood Movie references.
Check this site.
http://www.holdren.com/stasia/images/snake/snake3.jpg
2006-09-03 07:08:09 · 16 answers · asked by Izzy 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Although an anaconda is capable of eating a small human or child this picture has proved to be a hoax.
Check out the details here on snopes :-
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/animals/anaconda.htm
2006-09-03 07:17:58 · answer #1 · answered by ukstubby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i doubt that this is true, first of all snakes that could swallow an adult human are rear, no such snake has ever been captured or filmed (to the best of my knowledge), and if even there were any they were killed a long time ago, as snake skin is an expensive commodity, thus snakes have been killed for their skins.
about the picture, the first picture shows a snake with a swollen belly this snake is at the most 12-15 feet tall, this is a reasonable size for a python or boa, (a snake that could swallow a human would have to be considerably longer than that). now the swollen part in the belly is i think 2-3 feet long this could not be an adult human being lets just say that it could be a child. the third picture with the snake cut open shows a human in side the snake, here notice there is no blood coming out of the snake, if the snake was cut open it must have bled, the snake is shown white from the inside although I am no expert on snakes but i think the insides look pinkish or purplish. The human body shown in the picture seems to be of a young adult, or a teen age person, to the best of my knowledge no normal teenage is 2-3 feet in height remember the bulge in the belly seems to be 2-3 feet long (snakes swallow there pray whole and do not fold it in any way)
another thing to notice is that the body is in a very good shape, snakes have very strong stomach acids which start to digest the pray, skin of the victim would be severely damaged after getting swallowed.
looking at these facts i think that this is not true.
2006-09-03 15:05:05 · answer #2 · answered by Librarian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While there are documented incidents of giant snakes attacking people, and swallowing younger children, teens, a normal adult human is generally off the menu! The main reason is our shoulders. True snakes can unhinge and expand their jaws to eat large prey, but the shoulders of an adult human are just too wide to fit into the mouth of all but the largest (rarest) python or anaconda. That does not mean these animals are not a possible danger to us - they will kill anything that is deemed a threat, or a potential meal.
The pictures you have here however were proven to be faked.
2006-09-03 17:54:17 · answer #3 · answered by gshprd918 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be real. There was a popular photo a few months back of an alligator that got swallowed by a snake. Same thing - the snake split open, but they both died.
2006-09-03 14:14:53 · answer #4 · answered by hrh_gracee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello. I have viewed the picture. After very closely observing this...I have come to the conclusion that judging by how long and how wide the snake was,it is what zoologists would refer to as the Giant Anaconda Python. It is a real snake. Not Hollywood prop material...
2006-09-03 15:45:42 · answer #5 · answered by Smooth Operator 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is real and yes the reticulated python have occasionally swallowed a human. Although it is very rare, it does happen. There are no reports of a green anaconda swallowing a full grown human being, although like the reticulated python it is capable.
2006-09-03 15:15:28 · answer #6 · answered by megatron 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of an anaconda. It can be 50 to 100 ft in length. They are relative to the boa constrictor, and they too crush there prey to death.They are known to eat deer and alligators. So I have no reason to doubt that they would eat people.
2006-09-03 14:16:32 · answer #7 · answered by florence t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its true many snakes have swallowed humans in there sleep. And in the wild.
2006-09-03 14:10:31 · answer #8 · answered by Message Police 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh man, I'm never leaving my house again. Thank you so much for making me paranoid!
2006-09-03 14:41:48 · answer #9 · answered by EW 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yuck! Looks real to me. Probably a little kid. How sad.
2006-09-03 14:09:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋