Large constrictors are incapable of crushing our shoulder blades. The human would be stuck at this point. And the snake kas teeth that do not release so the prey stays stuck.

Surely humans and large mammals have been swallowed by snakes before?

A reticulated python could conceivably kill and swallow a pretty small adult with not wide shoulder blades. Almost for sure it would have to in feet first.

Regular sized people fear not. It cannot swallow you after it kills you.

Sorry I was snappy earlier.

on one of those incredible science shows I watch. Sorry I do not have better intel.

and then you can't breathe in again.

In 2017, a 25-year-old villager on the island of Sulawesi was discovered inside a 23-foot-long python, suspected of killing him. The following year, this time on Muna island, a 54-year-old woman checking on her corn crops was swallowed whole in an area of the country known for its population of reticulated pythons.

Was the woman still alive?

She died. I suppose she suffocated to death.

Back in the 70's there were rules and we respected each of our animals. Nothing we did back then would be done now. When I worked reptiles I had to walk around 2 of those monster snakes to clean out the area before exhibit opened. It never occurred to me that this could happen. The only alert switches we had were over the cobras and the Gaboon viper, not those big boys. We took those snakes outside for fresh air and a "walk". It took 5 of us to carry them out. I never once thought about getting eaten!!!

I could never had done that job. I'm terrified of snakes.