Posted on 03/03/2014 11:41:28 AM PST by nickcarraway
Crocodiles have a fairly fearsome reputation in the wild, including via videos of them eating unsuspecting buffalo, fighting with sharks and even grappling with sharks.
But this weekend it was time for another representative of the animal kingdom to fight back.
Onlookers in Australias Outback were shocked to witness a 10ft snake, believed to be a python, strangle a crocodile for five hours and then devour it in one piece.
It was amazing, Tiffany Corlis told the BBC. We saw the snake fighting with the crocodile it would roll the crocodile around to get a better grip, and coil its body around the crocodiles legs to hold it tight.
After the crocodile had died, the snake uncoiled itself, came around to the front, and started to eat the crocodile, face-first, she added.
The snake was definitely very full, when it finished, she said. I dont know where it went after that we all left, thinking we didnt want to stick around!
The amazing encounter happened at Lake Moondarra, near Mount Isa in Queensland, the Australian state that is home to some of the worlds deadliest snakes and crocodiles.
Burp.
That’s a croc!
Pass the TUMS.
Awwww. That’s a baby croc. Tough chewin’, but just a baby.
It seems our local pythons are just not trying. will you pleasde try and motivate them. Perhaps offer them a totally worthless native as an occasional treat?*
*As defined by anyone contemplating a vote for that Sink thing, who I am assured is Cannot Understand Normal Thinking type of person... and an Obama towel girl besides.
Putin -> Crimea
Ping
Did they name the snake “Putin” and the croc “Ukraine”?
That’s gotta impact his slitherability.....
“Thats gotta impact his slither ability.”
Wait until it poops! “Gotta pass it to see what’s in it!”
Queensland is hereby struck from my “must visit” list.
Burmese Pythons in Florida have been photographed eating (or having eaten) quite large alligators.
Welcome to Australlia, turn back or get eaten or poisoned by our many horrible animals that live here...
Or, worse, be forced to eat Vegemite.
It’s not bad, on toast with a fried egg.
In Cooktown 25 years ago, we got a group together with the intent of walking down to the estuary to get a view of the big ol’ Saltwater Croc’s.
One of the locals casually asked if we were bringing our skyhooks....
“Skyhooks?”.....”What”, “Why”....
“You’ll want one to climb up when a salty comes racing outta the bush at you.....”
I have this weird hunger pang for spaghetti!
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