Python with a kill

We missed both the kill and the eating, but we did manage to see it mulling around the spotted deer pondering which end to start eating it from! :)

comments (11)

morpheme

Lion

There's something very creepy about that…. Posted 10 years ago
1. JohnR
  
  Lion
  
  Head on the right, rest of body on the left... it was a huge snake! :) Posted 10 years ago

Claire Hamilton

Lion

Oh good grief, it almost seems impossible doesn't it! I agree with Morpheme, it does look creepy, that snake has a very sinister look. Great capture, what a find! Posted 10 years ago
1. JohnR
  
  Lion
  
  I wish i could have stuck around to see it eat the deer! :/ Posted 10 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

You can see it think, "I did well, yet where to start???". Amazing! Posted 10 years ago
1. JohnR
  
  Lion
  
  exactly! :) Posted 10 years ago

abhitap

Lion

wow!!! Lovely!!! Posted 10 years ago
1. JohnR
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! :) Posted 10 years ago

Doris Charles

Bullet Ant

oh terrible terrible poor deer i wonder how it died not by the python though maybe rutting in a fight Posted 9 years ago
1. JohnR
  
  Lion
  
  Doris, it was indeed killed by the python. this is the second time I have witnessed such an event, although i would like to point out that pythons will only kill female deer, antlers making it impossible to swallow. :) Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. Doris Charles
    
    Bullet Ant
    
    Thank you John for the update on the snake, i have always seen pictures of the python or an Anaconda with the snake wrapped round the victim and start to eat from the head, i hate the though of snakes neaby do not mind in front of the computer, i have a few field books on snakes mostly Southern African snakes for my Wildearth Drives and Africam Websites and books on Indian snakes and other books on the wildlife. Posted 9 years ago

The Indian rock python

''Python molurus'' is a large nonvenomous python species found in many tropic and subtropic areas of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is known by the common names Indian python, black-tailed python and Indian rock python. The species is limited to Southern Asia. It is generally lighter colored than the Burmese python and reaches usually 3 metres .

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards

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