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An image of a snake is distributing in Facebook posts that incorrectly connect it to reports that a python swallowed a lady whole in Indonesia. While regional media really reported that a lady was consumed by a python in Indonesia’s Jambi province, the image reveals a snake that passed away after it swallowed a porcupine at a video game park in South Africa in 2015.
The image of a snake with a bulging stomach was shared on Facebook on October 29, 2022. A photo of a chair and another things are superimposed in the foreground.
” In Indonesia, a lady was swallowed entire by a python when she entered into the jungle to collect rubber,” the Urdu-language post checks out.
The post goes on to explain the case of a lady who was supposedly killed and swallowed entire by a python in Indonesia’s Jambi province.
Villagers cut open the snake when the lady stopped working to return house from deal with October 23, Betara Jambi Cops Chief AKP S Harefa stated in a declaration estimated by CNN Indonesia.
Several Facebook posts shared the image, connecting it to the lady’s death, consisting of here, here, here and here.
Nevertheless, the photo has actually been shared in an incorrect context.
Python swallows porcupine
A reverse image search discovered the image in a report by Service Expert India from July 2, 2015 about a snake in South Africa that passed away after consuming a porcupine.
” Uncommon scenarios resulted in the sudden death of among the world’s biggest types of snakes, the African rock python, on June 20,” the post states.
” An autopsy of the snake after it passed away revealed that the animal within was a 30-pound porcupine dressed up with countless needle-sharp quills.”
The image is credited to Lake Eland Video Game Reserve, which published it on Facebook on June 16, 2015.
Screenshot of the image shared in an incorrect context (left) and in Service Expert India’s post (right)Lake Eland Video game Reserve’s Jennifer Fuller informed AFP that the 3.9-metre (13-foot) snake need to have had the ability to manage the porcupine.
However she thinks the python ended up being stressed out from being enjoyed by visitors captivated by the bulge in its body– and passed away when the quills got stuck as it attempted to throw up the animal.
” It’s not uncommon for pythons to consume porcupines, it belongs to their diet plan,” Fuller stated.
The snake passed away 6 days after swallowing the porcupine at the personal video game park near Durban.
AFP formerly reported on a lady who was killed and consumed by a python in 2018 in the Indonesian island of Muna.
