Editing Reticulated python (section)

==Danger to humans==
[[File:Reticulated-catch.jpg|thumb|Large reticulated pythons are occasionally found on the outskirts of Bangkok. Usually, a minimum of two people is required to successfully extract such a large snake.]]
[[File:Reticulated-python.jpg|thumb|Reticulated python in Pune]]
The reticulated python is among the few snakes that prey on humans, and is the only species of snake for which video and photographic proof exists of them having consumed humans. In 2015, the species was added to the [[Lacey Act of 1900]], prohibiting import and interstate transport due to its "injurious" history with humans.<ref name="Lacey-ban">{{cite web |date=2015 |title=Notice to the Wildlife Import/Export Community - Subject: Ban on Importation and Interstate Transport of Snake Species Expanded |url=http://www.fws.gov/le/publicbulletin/3-16-2015%20Listing%20of%20Large%20Snakes%20as%20Injurious%20Expanded.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322105242/http://www.fws.gov/le/publicbulletin/3-16-2015%20Listing%20of%20Large%20Snakes%20as%20Injurious%20Expanded.pdf |archive-date=2021-03-22}}</ref> Attacks on humans in captivity are not common. Wild pythons, however, are known to sometimes prey on humans, particularly in their natural habitat in [[Sulawesi]], [[Indonesia]]. Considering the known maximum prey size, a full-grown reticulated python can open its jaws wide enough to swallow a human, but the width of the shoulders of some adult ''[[Homo sapiens]]'' can pose a problem for even a snake with sufficient size. Reports of human fatalities and human consumption (the latest examples of consumption of adult human beings well authenticated) include:

* A report of a visit of Antonio van Diemen, Governor-General of the [[Dutch East India Company]], to the [[Banda Islands]] in 1638, includes a description of an enslaved woman who, when tending to a garden on the volcanic island of [[Banda Api|Gunung Api]], was strangled by a snake of "24 houtvoeten" (slightly over seven meters) in length, and then swallowed whole. The snake, having become slow after ingesting such a large prey, was subsequently shot by Dutch soldiers and brought to the Governor-General to be looked at, with its victim still inside.<ref>Nationaal Archief, 1.04.02 (VOC), 1126, fol. 409r. https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/1.04.02/invnr/1126/file/NL-HaNA_1.04.02_1126_0885</ref> Although less reliable than this first-hand document, several early published travel journals describe similar episodes.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Blussé |editor1-first=L. |editor2-last=de Moor |editor2-first=J. |title=Een Zwitsers leven in de tropen: de lotgevallen van Kapitein Elie Ripon |year=2016 |pages=96–97}}</ref>
* In early 20th-century Indonesia: On Salibabu island, [[North Sulawesi]], a 14-year-old boy was killed and supposedly eaten by a specimen {{cvt|5.17|m}} in length. Another incident involved a woman reputedly eaten by a "large reticulated python", but few details are known.<ref name="Kop27">{{cite journal |author=Kopstein, F. |author-link=Felix Kopstein|year=1927 |title=Over het verslinden van menschen door ''Python reticulatus'' |journal=Tropische Natuur |issue=4 |pages=65–67 |trans-title=On the swallowing of humans by ''P. reticulatus''}}<!-- Check for abstract. --> (in Dutch)</ref>
* In the early 1910s or in 1927, a jeweller went hunting with his friends and was apparently eaten by a {{cvt|6|m}} python after he sought shelter from a rainstorm in or under a tree. Supposedly, he was swallowed feet-first, perhaps the easiest way for a snake to actually swallow a human.<ref name="Bru98">{{cite journal |author=Bruno, S. |year=1998 |url=http://www.pna.it/Site_old/criptozoologia/serpenti.htm |title=I serpenti giganti |trans-title=The giant snakes |journal=Criptozoologia |volume=4 |pages=16–29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228013241/http://www.pna.it/Site_old/criptozoologia/serpenti.htm |archive-date=2007-02-28 |language=it}}</ref>
* Among a small group of [[Aeta peoples]] in the Philippines, six deaths by pythons were said to have been documented within a period of 40 years, plus one who died later of an infected bite.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
* In September 1995, a 29-year-old rubber tapper from the southern Malaysian state of [[Johor]] was reported to have been killed by a large reticulated python. The victim had apparently been caught unaware and was squeezed to death. The snake had coiled around the lifeless body with the victim's head gripped in its jaws when it was stumbled upon by the victim's brother. The python, reported as measuring {{cvt|23|ft|m|order=flip}} long and weighing more than {{cvt|300|lb|order=flip}}, was killed soon after by the arriving police, who shot it four times.<ref name=Mur97/>
* In October 2003, a woman was reported to be eaten by a giant reticulated python at [[Sajek Valley]] in [[Rangamati Hill District]], Bangladesh, when she was collecting paddy crops with her husband. People came to help and retrieved the woman's body from the python's belly.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003 |title=Python attacks, swallows Bangladeshi woman |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-11-21/python-attacks-swallows-bangladeshi-woman/1512770 |access-date=2024-05-22 |work=ABC News}}</ref> 
* In October 2008, a woman from [[Virginia Beach]] appeared to have been killed by a {{cvt|13|ft|m|order=flip}} pet reticulated python. The apparent cause of death was [[asphyxiation]]. The snake was later found in the bedroom in an agitated state.<ref>{{cite news |year=2008 |title=Woman killed by pet 13-foot python |url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/10/23/Woman_killed_by_pet_13-foot_python/UPI-21431224801360/ |work=UPI |access-date=27 October 2008}}</ref>
* In January 2009, a 3-year-old boy was wrapped in the coils of a {{cvt|18|ft}} pet reticulated python, turning blue. The boy's mother, who had been petsitting the python on behalf of a friend, rescued him by gashing the python with a knife. The snake was later [[Animal euthanasia|euthanized]] because of its wounds.<ref>{{cite news |year=2009 |title=In Las Vegas, python vs. angry mom with a knife |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jan/22/python-vs-angry-mom-knife/ |work=Las Vegas Sun |access-date=23 January 2009}}</ref>
* In December 2013, a 59-year-old security guard was strangled to death while trying to capture a python near the Bali Hyatt, a luxury hotel on Indonesia's resort island. The incident happened around 3 am as the 4.5-m (15-ft) python was crossing a road near the hotel. The victim had offered to help capture the snake, which had been spotted several times before near the hotel in the Sanur, Bali, area and escaped back into nearby bushes.<ref>{{cite news |year=2013 |title=Python kills security guard near Bali luxury hotel |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/12/27/python-kills-security-guard-near-bali-luxury-hotel.html |work=The Jakarta Post |access-date=29 June 2019}}</ref>
*In March 2017, the body of [[Death of Akbar Salubiro|Akbar Salubiro]], a 25-year-old farmer in [[Central Mamuju Regency]], [[West Sulawesi]], Indonesia, was found inside the stomach of a {{cvt|7|m}} reticulated python. He had been declared missing from his palm tree plantation, and the people searching for him found the python the next day with a large bulge in its stomach. They killed the python and found the whole body of the missing farmer inside. This was the first fully confirmed case of a person being eaten by a python. The process of retrieving the body from the python's stomach was documented by pictures and videos taken by witnesses.<ref>{{cite news |title=Beginilah Ular Piton Menelan Akbar Petani Sawit Memuju Tengah |work=Tribun Timur |date=2017 |author=Nurhadi |language=id |url=http://makassar.tribunnews.com/2017/03/28/beginilah-ular-piton-menelan-akbar-petani-sawit-memuju-tengah |access-date=28 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Missing man found dead in belly of 7m-long python in Indonesia: Report |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/missing-man-found-dead-in-belly-of-7m-long-python-report |date=2017 |newspaper=Straits Times |access-date=2017-03-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39427458 |title=Indonesian man's body found inside python – police |date=2017 |newspaper=BBC |access-date=2017-03-29}}</ref>
* In June 2018, a 54-year-old Indonesian woman in [[Muna Island]], Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, was killed and eaten by a {{cvt|23|ft|m|adj=on|0}} python. The woman went missing one night while working in her garden, and the next day, a search party was organized after some of her belongings were found abandoned in the garden. The python was found near the garden with a large bulge in its body. The snake was killed and carried into town, where it was cut open, revealing the woman's body completely intact.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-python-20180616-story.html |title=23-foot python swallows Indonesian woman near her garden |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=2018-06-17}}</ref>
*In June 2020, a 16-year-old Indonesian boy was attacked and killed by a {{cvt|7|m}} long python in [[Bombana Regency]], Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The incident took place near a waterfall at Mount Kahar in Rumbia sub-district. The victim was separated from his four friends in the woods. When he screamed, his friends came to help and found him encoiled by a large python. Villagers came to help and managed to kill the snake using a [[parang (knife)|parang]] machete. However, the victim had already suffocated.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020 |title=''Seorang Pelajar SMP Dililit Ular Piton hingga Tewas'' |publisher=Kompas |url=https://regional.kompas.com/read/2020/06/15/12203591/seorang-pelajar-smp-dililit-ular-piton-hingga-tewas |access-date=2020-06-15 |language=id}}</ref>
*In October 2022, a 52-year-old woman in Terjun Gajah village, Betara Subdistrict, [[West Tanjung Jabung Regency]], Jambi, Indonesia, was killed and swallowed whole by a {{cvt|6|m}} reticulated python. She went to tap rubber sap on 23 October 2022 and did not return home after sunset. After she was reported missing for a day and a night,  a search party discovered a large python with a bulge in its body in a jungle near the rubber plantation. The villagers immediately killed and dissected the python and discovered the intact body of the missing woman inside. Villagers feared more large pythons might be present because farmers previously had reported two [[goat]]s missing.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Suwandi |date=2022 |title=Sempat Hilang, Seorang Ibu Penyadap Karet di Jambi Ditelan Ular Piton 6 Meter |url=https://regional.kompas.com/read/2022/10/24/180706978/sempat-hilang-seorang-ibu-penyadap-karet-di-jambi-ditelan-ular-piton-6 |access-date=24 October 2022 |work=KOMPAS |language=id}}</ref>
*In June 2024, a woman of Kalempang village in South Sulawesi province in Indonesia went missing, and her body was discovered inside a reticulated python.<ref>{{Cite news  |year=2024 |title=Python swallows woman whole in Indonesia |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/python-swallows-woman-whole-in-indonesia |access-date=10 June 2024}}</ref> 3 weeks later, in July 2024, another woman was discovered inside a python's stomach in South Sulawesi.<ref>{{Cite news |year=2024 |title=Woman found dead after she was swallowed whole by python in central Indonesia |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/woman-found-dead-after-she-was-swallowed-whole-by-python-in-central-indonesia |access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> In August 2024, an elderly woman was found dead after a predatory attempt by a {{cvt|4|m}} long python. The snake had killed the victim and tried to swallow her, but could not get over the shoulders, regurgitating the body instead.<ref>{{Cite news |year=2024 |title=Woman found dead after she was swallowed whole by python in central Indonesia |work=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/python-kills-woman-indonesia-swallowed-up-to-her-shoulders-officials-say/ |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> 2 weeks later another woman in Jambi province was killed by a {{cvt|5|m}} python, which managed to swallow half of her body before being found and killed by the villagers.<ref>{{Cite news |year=2024 |title=Grandmother, 57, killed by huge python while working on farm in Indonesia | work=Asia Pacific Press |url=https://asiapacificpress.com/517/grandmother-57-killed-by-huge-python-while-working-on-farm-in-indonesia | access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref> In November 2024, a 30-year-old man was killed and swallowed whole by a {{cvt|7|m}} long specimen, the first recorded case of an adult male being eaten since 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |year=2024 |title=Horrifying moment man cuts his brother's body out of the belly of 23ft python |work=The Mirror |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/horrifying-moment-man-cuts-brothers-34201905 |access-date=27 November 2024}}</ref>