Table 2.
Fatal attacks on six Agta by reticulated pythons
Victim's name | Sex | Year of death | Age | Comments |
Dinsiweg | Male | ∼1940 | Adult | Ayogyog said the man was killed at Dinapgigi (16° 31′ N, 122° 06' E); the next day, the man's son Sinayatan found the snake, cut it open, and found the body, which Ayogyog helped bury. |
Pasing | Female | ∼1973 | Adult | Pasing was the wife of Piping Karbunel, who died 2 mo after attack from a leg infection where the python bit her; Karbunel remarried to Rosita in 1976. |
Saldag | Male | ∼1934 | Old adult | Grandfather of Pirente. |
Diladeg | Male | 1935 ± 2 y | ∼25 y | Victim did not return from hunting and was found the next day in the coils of a python, which was killed by informant Pidela's father Mahew. |
Mardyi | Female | March 23, 1973 | 4 y | One of two children of mother Berhinya and father Teteng killed by the same python. |
Totoy | Male | March 23, 1973 | 3 y | Other child of Berhinya and Teteng killed by the same python. |