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A man was found dead inside the body of a python, according to Indonesian police.

Akbar, 25, went missing on March 26 on the island of Sulawesi, after leaving to harvest palm oil.

In the search for the missing man, police had found a huge snake they suspected had swallowed the man.

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The reticulated python, reported to be 23ft-long, was cut open and the man’s body was found.

Reticulated pythons are among the world’s longest reptiles and suffocate their victims before swallowing them whole.

Pythons rarely kill and eat humans, although there are occasional reports of them swallowing young children or animals.

Villagers reported to police that Akbar had been missing for 24 hours.

Police then conducted a search and found the snake near the family’s palm plantation.

While snakes normally avoid human settlements, they would see palm oil plantations as a good hunting ground as they attract animals like boars, primates or dogs.

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A Kentucky pet store owner has been nearly crashed to death by a massive python he was feeding.

Newport Kentucky police said they were called to Captive Born Reptiles and found the snake wrapped around the man.

Terry Wilkens was not breathing when the officers pried the python off him but he resumed breathing shortly afterwards.

The python weighed about 125lb and measured 20ft long.

“It was only by the grace of God that one of the officers knew how to deal with snakes,” Newport Kentucky Police Chief Tom Collins told the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Officer Gregory Ripberger grabbed the snake by its head and uncurled the python from Terry Wilkens.Kentucky python attacks pet store owner

Tom Collins said Terry Wilkens was recovering at a hospital in nearby Cincinnati, Ohio, and he was alert and talking. The type of python that attacked pet store worker was not disclosed.

Terry Wilkens’ daughter, Keiko Wilkens, said in a statement the incident was overblown and her father had recovered. She said her father’s life was never in danger.

According to its website, the pet shop – which has two locations – specializes in breeding reptiles rather than selling wild animals.

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A 19 foot python has been seized after it fell from the ceiling of a charity shop in Australia.

The python, weighing 37 lbs, was recovered by a snake-handler after police investigated a suspected break-in at the shop in Ingham, Queensland.

The python, weighing 37 lbs, was recovered by a snake-handler after police investigated a suspected break-in at the shop in Ingham, Queensland

The python, weighing 37 lbs, was recovered by a snake-handler after police investigated a suspected break-in at the shop in Ingham, Queensland

“Its head was the size of a small dog,” said police spokesman Sgt. Don Auld.

The snake fell through a ceiling panel, smashing shop goods. Police said it may have got in through the roof, which was damaged by Cyclone Yasi in 2011.

When police were initially called to the property on Monday, they believed a person had fallen through the ceiling because the roof panel had been cut in half.

Crockery, clothes and other goods were scattered all over the floor.

Police were called back to the shop the following day when a large crowd formed outside.

Sgt. Don Auld said the snake must have been hiding when police went there the first time.

It has been released in nearby wetlands.

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