limelady
12-06-2007, 09:12 AM
Its funny the things you stumble on when cruising the net!
http://www.biology-blog.com/images/blogs/9-2006/python-eating-7181.jpg
Immovable feast ... an over-full python became stuck in the middle of a Malaysian road after swallowing a pregnant sheep / Reuters
Little bloating after a big meal is an occupational hazard for pythons. But this unfortunate creature found itself unable to slink away and sleep it off.
In fact, after swallowing a pregnant sheep, it couldn't move at all.
Firemen in the Malaysian village of Kampung Jabor, about 190km east of Kuala Lumpur, easily caught it after it was spotted on a road.
Conservationists were yesterday still deciding whether to keep the 90kg snake in a zoo or release it back into the wild.
Pythons eat no more than once a week but when they open their incredible hinged jaws, anything is fair game.
This 5.5m python found its eyes were definitely bigger than its belly.
http://www.biology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2006/python-eating-pregnant-sheep.html
Just found another pic of a python about to have a meal of a wilderbeast!!!
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/62309AfricanRockPythonEating.jpg
And apparently a meal THAT size is not uncommon for a python!
http://www.africaelephants.com/gallery/photos/python_eating_buck.jpg
http://www.biology-blog.com/images/blogs/9-2006/python-eating-7181.jpg
Immovable feast ... an over-full python became stuck in the middle of a Malaysian road after swallowing a pregnant sheep / Reuters
Little bloating after a big meal is an occupational hazard for pythons. But this unfortunate creature found itself unable to slink away and sleep it off.
In fact, after swallowing a pregnant sheep, it couldn't move at all.
Firemen in the Malaysian village of Kampung Jabor, about 190km east of Kuala Lumpur, easily caught it after it was spotted on a road.
Conservationists were yesterday still deciding whether to keep the 90kg snake in a zoo or release it back into the wild.
Pythons eat no more than once a week but when they open their incredible hinged jaws, anything is fair game.
This 5.5m python found its eyes were definitely bigger than its belly.
http://www.biology-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2006/python-eating-pregnant-sheep.html
Just found another pic of a python about to have a meal of a wilderbeast!!!
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/62309AfricanRockPythonEating.jpg
And apparently a meal THAT size is not uncommon for a python!
http://www.africaelephants.com/gallery/photos/python_eating_buck.jpg