A certain Community called Umuokani in Ohaji Egbema LGA of Imo State, where pythons are respected and worshipped, they don’t kill it.
“What is more surprising is that when a woman gives birth, the python will visit the home, and they will allow it coil it’s self on the baby, a nursing mother would treat it like a guest, pour powder on the snake whole body , after a while, it would uncoil and go away.
“They even said, that the snake act as a baby sitter since some nursing mother can go to the market or farm, leaving the baby alone with the snake at home and the snake would go away peacefully not harming the baby, once woman returns.”