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{{done}} [[User:DrVogel|Dr. Vogel]] ([[User talk:DrVogel|talk]]) 17:43, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
==Removed items==
Removed these items, as they will refer to ''Python natalensis'', not ''Python sebae'', or are uncertain:
*[[:File:Python's picnic - Flickr - mango atchar.jpg|thumb|right|Constricting a pregnant goat]] [in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe]
*[[:File:Adult Female Python sebae 1.33aspect.jpg|thumb|right|Captive female]] - no provenance, so uncertain (is it identifiable?)
* In 1979 in [[Waterberg District Municipality|Waterberg District]], Limpopo Province (then Northern Transvaal), South Africa, a {{cvt|4.5|m|ft}} Central African rock python killed a 13-year-old boy.<ref name=ark9/> The victim died due to suffocation and internal injuries; his body was released by the python after intervention by an adult man some 20 minutes after the attack began.<ref name=ark9/> The victim's head was covered in saliva, and scientists thought "it could have easily succeeded in swallowing" the {{cvt|1.3|m|ft}}, {{Convert|45|kg}} boy had it not been interrupted.<ref name=ark9/>
* In 2002 near [[Durban]], South Africa, a 10-year-old boy was reportedly swallowed by a Central African rock python over a three-hour period, as seven other children stayed hidden in a mango tree.<ref name=flanagan/><ref name=ayoob>{{ cite news | title=Boy quiet as snake swallows him | date=23 November 2002 | work=News24 | publisher=24.com | last=Ayoob | first=Zoobair | url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Boy-quiet-as-snake-swallows-him-20021123 }}</ref> The animal was not captured and the story could not be verified, although detailed descriptions of the snake's markings and predation technique were reported to have seemed credible to a local snake park operator.<ref name=flanagan>{{cite news | title=Hunt for giant snake that ate 10-year-old Durban boy whole | last=Flanagan | first=Jane | ___location=Johannesburg | date=24 November 2002 | work=The Telegraph | publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/1414171/Hunt-for-giant-snake-that-ate-10-year-old-Durban-boy-whole.html }}</ref>
The attacks by pet pythons at various locations also need to be checked for identification, particularly if they preceed widespread knowledge of there being two species of rock pythons. - [[User:MPF|MPF]] ([[User talk:MPF|talk]]) 22:37, 11 July 2025 (UTC)
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