African rock pythons, spread across sub-Saharan Africa, sometimes display rare cooperative hunting behaviors. These pythons ...

The African rock python is known for its extraordinary ability to consume large prey. Remarkably, it can devour animals as large as hyenas and antelopes whole. Its powerful constriction method and ...

While such incidents are rare, certain snake species are indeed capable of preying on humans under unusual circumstances ...

Species: The African rock python is the only known snake species that hunts in packs. Group Coordination: They use teamwork to overpower animals that are too large for one snake to handle.

In 2002, headlines were made when a 10-year-old boy in Durban, South Africa was killed and swallowed by an African rock python. It was the first recorded “man-eating” incident for this species.