A forest ranger posing for a photo with a 30ft python he had just rescued was nearly killed by the serpent's crushing force. As Sanjoy Dutta posed for the camera with the snake draped across his ...

A GRAN was crushed to death by a huge 16ft python before the beast tried to swallow her head first. Hapsah, 57, from Indonesia, was tapping rubber trees when the serpent attacked her at a plantation ...

A hungry reptile was caught and battered to death after it had eaten a goat belonging to a farmer. The python, which appeared to be 15ft-long, was found sprawled on the floor of the wooden hut in ...

A SCHOOLBOY was strangled to death by a massive wild python that pounced on him while he was hiking with his friends. The 16-year-old, named Alfian, was walking ahead of his four mates to reach a ...

A SNAKE lover was strangled to death by his own pet python – 8ft Tiny – after it wrapped itself around him and suffocated him. An inquest into the death of Dan Brandon, who was found dead in his home, ...

Snake expert rejects suggestion that the 7.5m python might have killed itself A python caught in Malaysia and first thought to be the longest snake in captivity has lost both its run at the title and ...

The African Rock Python with a porcupine in it's stomach Credit: Photo: Caters A tasty porcupine seemed like an ideal meal for a peckish African rock python, but it proved to be a case of the snake ...

When this snake decided a plump porcupine would make a nice meal, it clearly did not anticipate his food would be having its revenge. This bloated 13ft African rock python ate itself to death after ...

Anita Singh is the Telegraph’s arts and entertainment editor. She joined the Telegraph in 2008, covering television, books, music, film and popular culture, and has written extensively about the BBC.

Horror pics show the enormous beast after it was killed by villagers A GRAN was crushed to death by a huge 16ft python before the beast tried to swallow her head first. Hapsah, 57, from Indonesia, was ...