The woman raised a huge python at home: one day the snake began to behave strangely, stopped eating and wrapped itself around the waist of the owner,

The doctor leisurely weighed the python, palpated it, and listened to its stories of nocturnal “cuddling” and refusal to eat. “You see,” he finally said, “this isn’t affection. Large pythons starve and stretch along their owner’s body—a typical complex before attempting to swallow large prey.

The python is measuring whether the size is appropriate. Coiling is a strangulation rehearsal. You have a mature, strong female.

She’s strong enough to cut off your breathing. It’s rare, but such cases do happen. In short, your python wanted to swallow you.

There’s only one recommendation: strict isolation, a change in diet, and—preferably—transfer the pet to a specialized facility. Today.”

The words struck a chill. That evening, the girl sat on the edge of the bed and watched Safran slowly slide across the sheets.

At some point, the python lay exactly as it had in that photo: coiled around the sleeping woman, only this time the woman was awake. The woman carefully picked up the snake, returned it to the terrarium, clicked the latch, and sat down on the floor next to it. In the morning, she called the city reptile center.

Safran was taken that afternoon—to a spacious enclosure, with experienced staff and proper food.