If a ball python is going to strike, the ball python will often display tense and jerky movements and even form an "S" shape with their head and neck.
A ball python that is going to strike or about to strike might even focus intently on the target, with a raised head and a tighter coil, and the ball pythons tail may even be positioned for leverage.
Also stress and excitement in a ball python can also be indicated by a tense, rigid posture and a lack of tongue flicking.
Small python bites are painful but not as painful as the larger python bites.
Larger pythons such as a Burmese python have large and sharp teeth so their bites can cause severe lacerations and severe pain but they are not poisonous.
Minor pain and redness occur in 90 percent of cases of snake bites but it varies depending on the site of the bite and how bad the snake bit you.
Snake bites from other snakes such as cobras and vipers can be extremely painful, with the local tissue sometimes becoming tender and severely swollen within as little as 5 minutes.
The area of the snake bite may also bleed and blister and might even result in tissue necrosis.
The bite force of a python in PSI is 14 PSI or pounds per square inch.
The 14 PSI of bite force from a python is generated when the python snake bites and coils around it's prey, and uses it's 100 rear facing teeth to latch onto and constrict what it is biting on.
It might not seem like a lot of force when compared to some other animals, but the 14 PSI bite force of a python snake is enough to subdue and kill prey, which also includes humans.
Python snakes are a genus of constricting snakes in the Pythonidae family that is native to the tropics and subtropics of the Eastern Hemisphere.
The name Python for Python snakes was also proposed by Francois Marie Daudin in 1803 for non venomous flecked snakes.
Currently there are 10 species of python snakes that are recognized as valid taxa.
The python snake is also known as Pythonidae, are a family of non venomous snakes that are found in Australia, Asia and Africa.
While they are non venomous the python can still bite and cause pain.
Pythons are constrictors and instead of venom the python relies on constriction to subdue it's prey.
Pythons don't possess any venom glands or fangs to inject any venom into their prey or other potential threats.