Coiling is a strangulation rehearsal.

You have a mature, strong female. She’s strong enough to cut off your breathing. It’s rare, but such cases do happen. In short, your python wanted to swallow you.

There’s only one recommendation: strict isolation, a change in diet, and—preferably—transfer the pet to a specialized facility. Today.”

The words struck a chill. That evening, the girl sat on the edge of the bed and watched Safran slowly slide across the sheets. At some point, the python lay exactly as it had in that photo: coiled around the sleeping woman, only this time the woman was awake.