Python Cannot be Killed

[Michael Chermside]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> Python cannot be killed.

Gerhard suggested:
> Try stop feeding your Python and just wait a few months.

"Few" may be more than you think. From 
 http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/python/p._reticulatus

> Reticulated pythons, like all reptiles, have a low metabolic rate 
> allowing them to go without food for long periods of time. In 1926, 
> a captive specimen at Regent's Park refused food for 23 months, after
> which it accepted a meal and continued to feed normally (Murphy and
> Henderson 1997).