Most attacks take place when humans intrude into a snake's environment, in which they are not aware of the snake's size or strength.

A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see a huge python taking hold of her.

Are pythons aggressive toward humans when captured? FWC: Burmese pythons are a cryptic species and, similar to other snake species, their first defense is to blend in with the environment. When ...

Locals beat the snake to death and said the woman had been swallowed up to her shoulders and vomited out, he added. Other deadly python atacks ...

Pythons often eat primates, including monkeys, sometimes orangutans and, seldom, people. Pythons bite first and would attack a human in two ways: 1. A startled snake could bite as a form of ...

Most people assumed a one-way relationship of snakes occasionally harming people. New evidence suggests, however, that snakes being human prey, predator and competitor all at once is steering ...

There have been no human deaths from wild-living Burmese pythons in Florida. And while python attacks on humans are unlikely, they're not impossible.

Man-Eating Python on Discovery looks at the case of an Indonesian man swallowed whole and whether people in Florida could be at risk from similar attacks.

FWC said it's important to remember that wild pythons do not generally attack humans without provocation and attacks on domestic pets are rare. However, adults should supervise small children and ...

Here are some news stories I found that mention pet pythons killing or attacking humans: Nevada, January 2009: “ Police Arrest Parents after Snake Nearly Kills Child “ ...