Can a ball python go around your neck?

Question

I know thats wierd, but i want one i can hold where it goes around my neck or shoulders.

Answer 1

YES and that is a wierd question .

Answer 2

Wikipedia Excerpt:

"Behavior"

Pythons, like many other snakes, kill their prey by the process of constriction, whereby they grasp the prey animal in their teeth to restrain it, hastily wrapping a number of coils around the body of the prey. Then, by applying sufficient pressure to prevent the prey from being able to inhale, they ultimately cause it to succumb to asphyxia. The prey animal might also suffer some restriction to circulation during constriction, particularly where the snake's coils are wrapped around the animal's neck, but this is not usually fatal as death typically occurs much sooner due to asphyxiation.

Pythons do not, as popularly believed, crush or squeeze their prey to death, and when constricting normal sized prey, the snake will almost certainly never apply enough pressure to break bones.

Larger pythons will usually eat something about the size of a house cat, but larger food items are not unknown (some large Asian species have been known to take down adult Deer, and the African Rock Python has been documented preying upon Gazelle). Pythons swallow their prey whole, and take several days or even weeks to fully digest it. Despite their intimidating size and muscular power, they are generally not dangerous to humans.

Most pythons have rows of heat-sensing organs along their lower lips (labial pits). These pits enable the python to detect objects that are hotter than the surrounding environment with great accuracy, and enable hunting to take place in total darkness, such as inside caves. Pythons that do not have heat-sensing organs identify their prey by smell. Pythons are ambush predators: they typically stay in a camouflaged position and then suddenly strike at passing prey.

Pythons will not usually attack humans unless startled or provoked, although females protecting their eggs can be aggressive. ***A very large adult python could kill a human being. Unsuspecting children can easily become prey and swallowed whole after being strangulated.*** Reports of python attacks on human beings were quite common in South and Southeast Asia in the past but are quite rare nowadays. This is because, pythons have been aggressively hunted, driving some species (like the Indian Python) to the brink of extinction.
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I think that they need to be handled daily to keep socialized and well fed so as not to see house pets as prey, if there are any. If you do decide you want one, see if there is a Herpatological society or group in your area, they usually have an abundance of them needing homes. They take them and other reptiles in when their owners can no longer care for them.

Answer 3

I just went to a show yesterday in which someone from the Museum of Science brought a large boa to a local Mall to explain reptiles to the crowd. He answered that question for constrictors in general.

He said that he never lets the snakes go around his neck but not because he worries they would consciously be aggressive and strangle him. He is instead concerned that if the snake gets scared by anything it will seek to reassure itself by wrapping tightly for self protection. Either way that is a strangle hold he does not want.

Answer 4

i do no longer in my opinion very own a Ball python yet I belong to the southwestern herpetological society and a few human beings thier have Burmese pythons and have them around thier necks. i think of it certainly relies upon on the snakes recommendations-set. additionally if a snake is doing some thing you dont choose it to, use it tail rather of its head to get it free of in spite of it clinging to.

Answer 5

Wrapping themselves around things (including human necks) is a natural behavior so yes they can go around your neck but I'd be careful if I were you. Snakes that size can easily suffocate someone like that. That wouldnt do it on purpose but accidents do happen. Wearing snakes around one's neck is a habit best reserved for smaller snakes.

Answer 6

mine coils around my neck to get warpmth and just hang out when i'm walking around the house, if it gets to tight uncoil it by its tail not head.

Answer 7

I don't know it really depends on whether or not you enjoy breathing I myself am quite partial to it

Answer 8

Yep. It can...