Python snake rescued from farm where there was massacre in Arapiraca is an exotic species from Asia | Alagoas

Python snake rescued from farm where there was massacre in Arapiraca is an exotic species from Asia | Alagoas
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1 of 3 Python snake rescued on property of sculptor arrested for massacre in Arapiraca measures more than 5 meters — Photo: BPA
Python snake rescued from property of sculptor arrested for massacre in Arapiraca measures more than 5 meters — Photo: BPA

The Asian python is considered one of the largest snakes in the world capable of wrapping itself around prey until it suffocates to death. In the case of the rescued python, the lack of pigmentation makes it even rarer.

Due to its characteristics, this snake is often confused with a boa constrictor.

2 of 3 Rescued python snake was kept in a bathroom and measured more than 5 m — Photo: BPA
Rescued python snake was kept in a bathroom and measured more than 5 m — Photo: BPA

This species may present a risk of ecological imbalance. According to the professor of Biological Sciences at the Federal Institute of Brasília (IFB), Marcos Vitor Dumont Junior, despite not being poisonous, the python is capable of reproducing alone, which can be a big problem, since there is no predator of it in the world. Brazil.

The rescued python was kept inside the bathroom of the imprisoned sculptor’s house. In addition to it, a boa constrictor was also found on the property where the massacre took place.

The two snakes rescued by the Environmental Police Battalion (BPA) were taken to Ibama’s Wild Animal Triage Center (Cetas).

Slaughter investigations

3 of 3 Victims of massacre in Arapiraca (from left): Letícia da Silva Santos, 20 years old; Lucas da Silva Santos, 15 years old; Joselene de Souza Santos, 17 years old; Erick Juan de Lima Silva, 20 years old — Photo: Personal archive
Victims of massacre in Arapiraca (from left): Letícia da Silva Santos, 20 years old; Lucas da Silva Santos, 15 years old; Joselene de Souza Santos, 17 years old; Erick Juan de Lima Silva, 20 years old — Photo: Personal archive

Giba’s version is that the victims were killed because of a robbery that allegedly took place inside his property. During the hunt for the two young men, an accidental shot allegedly hit one of them. From then on, Giba decided to execute the other man and their girlfriends.

The Civil Police are investigating whether this version holds up. The other two prisoners in Sergipe say they were on the property and heard an argument between Giba and the young people before the crime.

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