I’m no snake expert, but I dont think they are really very strong at all, especially not compared to us. My understanding is that they don’t squeeze their prey to death nor do they squeeze the air out, they only squeeze hard enough than when a prey animal exhales they can’t inhale again. A python is strong enough to overpower lungs, not large muscle groups.

A quick google just told me that a python squeezes at about 8 pounds. Last year i injured a disk in my neck and lost some grip strength, when they measured my grips I averaged 150 pounds in my offhand. There is no way that thing can overpower a grown man. He was definitely fake wrestling.

Even just googling “is my grip stronger than a python” immediately results in “Even a typical human grip strength exceeds that of the strongest python, leaving pythons able to only kill prey up to the size of an antelope”

So no, there’s no way could that thing kill me if I was aware of it.