Pythons

[Paleosuchus]

Two accounts of predation i came across an a hour ago

Scrub python eats a wallaby on a golf course

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"Only in Australia: golfers reportedly looked on in disbelief as a four-metre python swallowed a wallaby at Paradise Palms golf course in north Queensland on Saturday morning. The 30-minute struggle took place in the middle of the fairway on the 17th hole. Declan McCollam, general manager of Paradise Palms, told AAP the python was harmless to humans. “The wildlife on Paradise Palms has always been an attraction for golfers, and it is clear that is well and thriving.” "
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/picture/2016/dec/13/snake-eats-wallaby-on-australian-golf-course

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Six-foot python dies after trying to squeeze itself through an iron fence because it became too fat when it swallowed a large dog

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"A gluttonous python died after it was stuck in a fence because it got too fat after gorging itself on a local dog.
Photos have surfaced online of a snake, spanning at least six feet, that died trapped between a metal fence in Delta State, Nigeria. 
The tight iron bars squeezed the python to death, whose belly was enlarged after it had swallowed a poor dog.  

The snaps were taken by Facebook user 'Hon Johnbull Cleopas', who admitted that he was frightened of the python before finding out it was already dead when he stumbled upon it. 
The incident took place near his work site in the oil and agricultural producing area of south-western Nigeria

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Sharing the pictures online, he said: 'Glory b 2 God Almighty... I went 2 my site dis morning 2 do little work & stumbled into dis Serpent already trapped dead in my fence... (sic)'
Mr Cleopas said he was shocked to find the huge animal and called over others to inspect the carcass. 

Other images show the animal with its stomach cut open, revealing its last meal - a 'big' dog.
Mr Cleopas posted the pictures online in late July but the images of the non-venomous constrictor snake are now going viral after they recently surfaced in local news reports.
Several social media users said they felt bad for the python, explaining that it was a rather stupid way to die.
User 'Amyh Emburu' said: 'What an absurd death... Poor python! It was a big glutton, I think... '
And 'Huma Haku' added: 'It was rather a fool...'
Mr Cleopas said he called his neighbours to see the snake before burning the reptile."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4029358/Python-dies-eats-dog-tries-squeeze-body-fence.html#ixzz4SkDd6DAg Reply