At first, people thought it was part of an act as a deadly python coiled around the neck of its owner and snake charmer during a live show in Uttar Pradesh, India, last week. But they soon found ou… ...

The snake charmer had draped the adult python around his neck during a live performance, but the deadly reptile tightened its grip and began to strangle him. Comments. News.

At first, people thought it was part of an act: a deadly python coiled around the neck of its owner and snake charmer during a live show in Uttar Pradesh, India, this week.

A 13-foot Burmese python is held for the press to view before U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., takes part in a state-sponsored snake hunt in the Everglades, Jan. 17, 2013. Reuters In a shocking ...

A snake charmer nearly died after his python tried to strangle him during a live performance in Mau, a town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The man, ...

A snake charmer escaped death by the whiskers during a live show in Uttar Pradesh, India, after a deadly python coiled around his neck and almost strangled him.

According to IWMB, the India rock python is one of the two biggest species of pythons in this region. ... About eight-and-a-half-foot-long, the reptile was confiscated from a snake charmer.