They coil around the pile until all eggs have hatched. These enable them to detect objects that are hotter than the surrounding environment. Pythons that do not have heat-sensing organs identify their prey by smell. Pythons typically stay in a camouflaged position and then suddenly strike. They then grasp the prey in their teeth, and kill by constriction.
Death is usually a result of suffocation or heart failure rather than crushing.
Pythons will not usually attack humans unless startled or provoked.