A three-metre (10-foot) python has killed a student zookeeper who let the snake out of its enclosure in Venezuela while working a night shift at the zoo.
Horrified employees at the Caracas zoo discovered the Burmese Python as it tried to swallow its victim’s head, local media reported.
The co-workers beat the snake to force it to release Erick Arrieta’s body.
Marks on the biology student’s left wrist suggested the snake had bitten him before crushing him to death.