NEBRASKAN MAN GETS STRANGLED TO DEATH BY HIS PET SNAKE!

Mother Nature has a wrath like no other.
A Nebraska man was strangled to death by his pet boa constrictor while showing the snake to a friend, police reported on Thursday.

Cory Byrne was pronounced dead Wednesday after police and paramedics loosened the 9-foot, 25-pound snake's deadly squeeze, said police.

The Nebraska Humane Society in Omaha, which currently has custody of the red-tailed constrictor, has not been able to determine what prompted the attack.

The boa seemed to be well-fed, according to the Humane Society's spokesman, Mark Langan.

"The sad reality is, whether it's a dog or a cat or snake, no matter how much you trust an animal, they react unpredictably in certain situations," Langan said. "Once a snake clamps down like that, they're extremely strong. It would have been very difficult for one person to remove that snake."

Langan added that, as far as he knows, this is the first fatality from a pet snake in Nebraska.

While the Humane Society of the United States claims that at least 13 people have been killed by pet pythons in the U.S. since 1980, this may be the first time anyone has been slain by a pet boa constrictor, said Beth Preiss, the society's captive wildlife regulation expert.

The ownerless-boa will stay in the Nebraska Humane Society's care until it can be placed in a zoo or sanctuary.