The Indonesian farmer swallowed whole by a python may have agitated the giant serpent by striking it first, a reptile expert said Thursday.

“Snakes only attack or prey on humans if disturbed or attacked… Some people think all snakes are dangerous. They get shocked and scared, then try to catch or kill the snake. And then an accident like this happens,” Evi Ayu Arida, a reptile expert from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, told Detik.com.

This type of snake, a reticulated python, usually preys on forest rodents and birds for food, she added.

Meanwhile, a new image of Akbar, in happier times, emerged early Thursday. The 25-year-old went missing on Sunday night on the island of Sulawesi when he left to harvest palm oil in a remote village.

He was found Monday inside the 23-foot-long python when a search party spotted the dead man’s outline in the engorged beast.

“When its stomach was cut, we first saw his boot and legs near the neck,” he said. “It seems he was attacked from behind because we found a wound on his back,” said Junaedi, secretary of Salubiro village in West Sulawesi province. Like many Indonesians, Junaedi, like Akbar, uses one name.

The horrifying event was captured on video and has since been shared thousands of times.

Akbar’s body is now getting sent back to his home for a funeral, according to the Jakarta Globe.