3/31/2005: Python eats kangaroo

xoB catches these; there are about ten others found here. Amazing.

Am I noticing a theme?

That poor catfish thought it was a snake...

Amazing photos!
I wonder what the story behind the pictures is. The linked site doesn't say. I have a hard time picturing that snake catching the kangaroo/wallaby, but who knows? Maybe it was dead, and fed to someone's pet snake as they took pictures.

Whatever the story is, it's amazing to see such a large animal being eaten.

i had a wife who could do that once...

That'd be cool! You wouldn't have to feed her for a month.

i was referring more to the "crush the life out of you and swallow a man whole" parts actually.

I'm amazed at how the kangaroo just kinda disappears as the snake swallows it. It goes from a, well, kangaroo, to the size of a giant sausage or something.

Anyway, tasty.

Just imagine how thin we all could be if we just crushed our ribs to powder!

It might not be the most attractive sort of thinness, though...

i wonder what friday's animal photo will be? an animal eating a human? well, if the human were wearing a PETA shirt i guess that would be ok.

Redefinition of "lump in my throat"..................

Just think what humans could swallow if our jaws could unhinge...lol

I want to know how the pix were taken.

Anybody got an idea of scale here? I'd like to know how big the roo is.

Wonder how the snake can breathe at the same time..

while eating, snakes can respirate through a small opening just to the front of the anus.

learn something new in the cellar every day.

Okay...so what if something that wants to eat the snake comes along just after it has finished eating? How does it get away?

It doesn't. Snakes, as I recall, fall into a food induced stupor after they finish eating. Doesn't someone on here have reptile experience? Or was that just iguanas?

Large snakes don't have much in the way of predators. That's how they get to be large.

We have two pythons, one of which is still relatively small. The other is about 4-5 feet long, and won't be growing any bigger.

Usually they don't stray too far from a rock or other hidey-hole, and after eating they'll drag themselves back in before taking their nice, long nap.

I lived with a guy once who had two boa constrictors. They were still around 4' long, so still eating just rats. It seemed every time we fed them - once every 4-5 weeks, there was always somebody who wanted to come over and watch. It was pretty cool to see, actually. For at least a week or so after they ate, they were very lethargic and a little irritable.

snake would probably LOVE a nice cold Fosters after a kangaroo that big. makes me thirsty just looking at it.

Gentlemen, please! Beware of constrictors.

It works when you're the baddest mofo in the valley.

When a snake that has just fed is threatened, it can pretty quickly regurgitate its meal. You people watch Animal Planet, you should know that

A python that has just had to puke a kangaroo isn't in the best mood, I would imagine.

The last thing I watched was that special on Dragons. I don't spend a lot of time on Animal Planet. I watch less than three hours of TV/day, often none. I need to save that precious amount of time for Hannity and O'Reilly ...

...and then there's always fishin' for 'roos...

Let me be the first to say "What the f*ck?!?!"

:gape:

I'm not so sure I want to visit Australia any more ...

I'm sure I don't want to.

Just don't doze off at the edge of the river.

How in hell did that happen??

Maybe the kangaroo fell in and drowned.

we can only hope.

It's possible--but on the other hand, both my pet pythons have been known to move their mouse prey to the water bowl to drown them once they're all wrapped around them.

Lazy, or conserving energy?

My guess is lazy, it's not like they have to roam the desert for weeks to find food.

Kind of like dunking your cookie in the milk. It goes down easier.