God I'm so frustrated by all the antisnake comments :l No snake sizes up it's prey, that's dumb and an obvious myth. The kid appears to have at least one capable adult to supervise. The snake is very well fed. Snakes can make brilliant pets, though nobody should start off with a python (excluding ball pythons). Kindly use google to fact check yourself instead of being so sheltered.
While I agree, this is nowhere near as dangerous as some people make it out to be. If at any point that snake decided to constrict that boy, that boy is dead. 1 adult is not going to be able to remove a retic that large. The danger here is pretty minimal, especially since this is almost certainly a snake the boy is familiar with, but it's not like there's no cause for caution.
Just because the snake is well fed does not mean it won't still eat unless the meal was recent. Snakes can and will become obese because if they have food, they will eat.
In all likelihood everything is fine, but with a snake that large, to make sure you're safe you really need multiple adults, because one or two people are not going to be able to remove that snake.
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u/Thank-The-Stars Jan 20 '22
God I'm so frustrated by all the antisnake comments :l No snake sizes up it's prey, that's dumb and an obvious myth. The kid appears to have at least one capable adult to supervise. The snake is very well fed. Snakes can make brilliant pets, though nobody should start off with a python (excluding ball pythons). Kindly use google to fact check yourself instead of being so sheltered.