# A very unfunny python

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 10, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-unfunny-python/49361 "2001-01-10T17:26:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-unfunny-python/49361/1 "2001-01-10T17:26:04Z")

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From [http://www.itn.co.uk/news/20010110/world/05python.shtml](http://www.itn.co.uk/news/20010110/world/05python.shtml)

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> A man escaped the clutches of a deadly snake by the skin of his teeth - literally.
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> South African Lucas Sibanda was on his way to work when he encountered the enormous killer python… The python then began constricting him… Sibanda, 57, sank his teeth into the reptile and kicked and punched until it released its grip. Sibanda killed the snake with a stick, took it to his home near Pretoria and skinned it.

What I can’t decide is whether this is better than “man bites dog” or not. But it must have been fun explaining to the boss.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-unfunny-python/49361/2 "2001-01-10T17:53:51Z")

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Heh. I can see the headline now:

\*\* Man Eating Snake\*\*