A large python owned by a young woman started acting strangely one day, stopped eating, and curled itself around its owner’s waist: The woman then found out something horrifying about it.
Because of the golden streaks on its scales, the young woman named her python Safran. Three years prior, the yellow python had entered her life and was soon “domesticated.” “Be careful, it’s a predator,” her family scowled. She simply grinned and said, “She’s tame.” She will never harm me because she loves me.
But eventually, the snake started acting oddly.
The first alarming symptoms went largely missed. Safran put down his food. She would crawl out of the terrarium at night and lie out next to the woman’s body, placing her tail at her feet and her head at her shoulder. As if counting the ribs, she would occasionally lie motionless with her arms loosely wrapped around her waist.
During the day, she opted for the cold floor near the bed, precisely where the woman walked barefoot, and she lay there for hours looking at the point where the human chest rose and fell, only slightly shifting the tip of her tail.
The snake would then slither up her throat and hover beneath the collarbone, stroking the flesh with her forked tongue before giving her a little “hug.” It was a kiss, the woman joked. However, the weight on her chest was causing her to wake up at night more frequently.
Until she decided it was time to consult a veterinarian after being startled awake one night by the snake’s sharp hiss. She eventually realized how risky it is to keep a wild animal at home after discovering something horrifying about her pet.
The doctor listened to the stories of the nightly “hugs” and refusal to feed while gently weighing and palpating the python.
— “You see,” he replied at last, “this isn’t love.” It is common for giant pythons to extend along their bodies and quickly before trying to devour enormous prey. The snake is determining if the size is appropriate. Constriction is practiced by coiling. You have a strong, mature woman. She has the strength to stop your breathing. These cases are uncommon, but they do happen. To put it briefly, your snake was getting ready to ingest you. Strict isolation, a dietary adjustment, and—better yet—turning her over to a specialized institution are my three main recommendations. Today
She felt the words hit her like ice. The woman sat on the edge of her bed that night and saw Safran move slowly over the sheet. The snake was once lying precisely as it appears in the picture, curled in a ring around a sleeping woman. However, this time, the woman wasn’t asleep.
She took the snake carefully, put her back in the terrarium, locked it, and sat down on the floor next to it.
She made a call to the city reptile center in the morning. Safran was removed that same day, with the right food, to skilled handlers, and in a roomy box.
