A village official said a 23-foot python swallowed a woman whole as she tended to her garden. Villagers cut the snake open and found Wa Tiba's body within.

This is the heartbreaking moment dozens of monkeys watched in vain as a wild python strangled one of their troops. The reptile pounced on the primate on a mountain path in Prachuap Khiri Khan ...

They are widespread in Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia. Reports of humans being killed by pythons are extremely rare. In the wild they are known to eat monkeys, pigs and other mammals.