The largest snake in Africa is a monster named “The African Rock Python”.
This reptile is found in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia and several other African countries.
This video by TwoThreeFourMen reveals some important things we need to know about the snake in order for us to avoid being its next victim/meal.
The video also details some of the documented attacks by the African Rock Python – the largest snake in Africa.
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The African rock python is a large, non-venomous snake of sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of 11 living species in the genus Python. It has two subspecies; one is found in Central and Western Africa, with the other in Southern Africa.
There are 26 species of pythons, and even among that group, rock pythons have an especially nasty reputation, said Kenneth Krysko, a senior herpetologist at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville.
Africa’s largest snake, the 20-foot-long (6.1-meter-long) African rock python can’t be easily tamed like other snakes, such as the more commonly kept Burmese python, Krysko said.
They’re so ill-tempered that “they come out of the egg striking,” he said in a 2009 interview.
“I personally don’t see why people need to have these things as pets—they’re not good pets and look at what ends up happening,” Krysko said today. “I was shocked to hear about this.”
The snake escaped from its enclosure and through the ceiling of the apartment where the boys were visiting.