It's a rare occurrence for that part of the world, but not unheard of, Greene said.
This extra sense helps these snakes to be highly effective nighttime predators.
Python bodies and blood are used for African traditional medicines and other belief uses as well, one in-depth study of all animals used by the Yorubas of Nigeria for traditional medicine found that the African Python is used to cure rheumatism, snake poison, appeasing witches, and accident prevention.
In order to reverse spells and bad luck, traditional doctors will prescribe python heads.
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When disturbed, they adopt a defensive position where they coil tightly around their clutches of eggs.