Escaped python kills two boys in Canada

[longqi]

In all my time as an architect, I have never seen an air conditioning duct or vent capable of enduring something that heavy. The traversable air duct or vent is truly a creation of hollywood

remember that the weight would be spread over a long area
not concentrated in one spot
when installing cabling in suspended ceilings I often used air con ducts to cross the ceilings

 

[Pythoninfinite]

The ribs and chest cavity would be crushed if it was the snake, I wonder how soon they will release the lab results...

Pythons don't actually "crush" their prey, they bring about death by asphyxiation or suffocation - they just take up the slack as an animal loses its breath and stop it from taking any more in. Only very rarely would they break bones, even ribs.

Jamie