Let them eat snake: why python meat could soon be on the menu

Commercial farming of pythons for meat may have better success in parts of Africa and Asia where snake eating is not as taboo, the researchers say. Photograph: Jorge Torres/EPA

Dr Daniel Natusch has eaten python in almost every way imaginable.

“I’ve had it barbecued. I’ve had it in satay skewers. I’ve had it in curries. I’ve had it with Indigenous people in the wilds of the Malaysian jungle,” he said.