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==Behavior== [[Image:Blackheaded python2.jpg|left|240px|thumb|[[Black-headed python]]<br/>(''Aspidites melanocephalus'')]]{{Expand section|date=November 2022}} Most members of this family are [[ambush predator]]s, in that they typically remain motionless in a camouflaged position, and then strike suddenly at passing prey. Attacks on humans, although known to occur, are extremely rare.<ref name="Wang">{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Amy B. | name-list-style = vanc |title=An Indonesian man disappeared. Villagers found his body inside a 23-foot-long python. | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/03/29/an-indonesian-man-disappeared-villagers-found-his-body-inside-a-23-foot-long-python/ |access-date=17 June 2018 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=29 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Selk |first1=Avi | name-list-style = vanc |title=A woman went to check her corn β and was swallowed by a python |url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2018/06/17/woman-went-to-check-her-corn-and-was-swallowed-by-python/11946122007/#:~:text=by%20a%20python-,A%20woman%20went%20to%20check%20her%20corn,was%20swallowed%20by%20a%20python&text=For%20the%20second%20time%20in,according%20to%20the%20Jakarta%20Post.?wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1 |access-date=17 June 2018 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=16 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
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