Jules has previously worked as a mental health blogger, copywriter and freelancer for various publications. Unfortunately for a 13-foot (4-meter) Burmese python in Florida's Everglades National Park, eating the enemy seems to have caused the voracious reptile to bust a gut—literally. A fresh lamb dinner might sound like a manageable meal for an 18-foot-long (5.5-meter-long) python, but maybe the hungry snake should have waited for the animal's offspring to be born. Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. CNN team films large python capturing and swallowing a crocodile in Rwanda. Thankyou so much Richards Camp - Huge Crocodile eats an impala; horns hooves and all. If there’s a worse way to meet your maker, I’ve yet to hear it. Fatal mistake: giant snakes eats alligator. It’s an unsettling sight to say the least, and one which will surely make ophidiophobes shudder. Although rare, pythons have been recorded attacking and swallowing crocodiles and alligators in the past. Gives you a very healthy respect for the python. I know I should love all of nature and I’d never hurt a snake but they creep me out so much’. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. If you're anything like me, you'll have been told after many a Chinese buffet that your eyes are bigger than your belly, as you stagger home, your stomach having reached the third trimester of hoisin crispy duck pancakes. Last updated 1:00 PM, Wednesday June 19 2019 GMT+1. Jeff Parsons Friday 12 Jul 2019 11:20 am. in Science. Python swallows crocodile whole in one long bite By Hannah Sparks. Jules studied English Literature with Creative Writing at Lancaster University before earning her masters in International Relations at Leiden University in The Netherlands (Hoi!). July 12, 2019. I'll second that. Horrifying wildlife photographs showing a gigantic python devouring a crocodile whole have emerged from down under. Crocodiles and alligators actually end up on pythons’ plates with relative frequency: In 2005, a deceased Burmese python was found in the Florida Everglades with an American alligator … 1 Python eats a pregnant sheep. While it would be much less risky for the python to dine on pigeons, bats or ducks, Michelle Jones - who is the owner of the non-profit organisation GG Wildlife Rescue Inc - told The Daily Mail: "It's common for them to eat pretty much anything if they can fit it in their mouth.". Shocking images of a python devouring a crocodile whole in Australia Nature is lit! The incredible feasting took place in a swamp in … His snaps were then shared on Facebook by GG Wildlife Rescue Inc, with the caption: "SSSSssssssssensational. The shocking moment a monster Burmese Python swallowed an American crocodile alive has been caught on camera. Even in Australia — the de facto home of terrifying animal footage and wildlife encounters — it's not every day that you see a snake swallow a croc whole. Python casually eats a crocodile whole and proves nature is brutal. Jawdropping stuff, but – yet again – I have become too freaked out to even consider setting foot in Australia…, If you have a story you want to tell send it to UNILAD via [email protected], @media (max-width:767px){.css-4n1las{display:none;}}Most Read Stories@media (min-width:768px){.css-1s8mc50{display:none;}}Most Read. ", Another added: "How amazing is that ????? The post has since been shared 28,000 times. Rather, it kills by wrapping itself around its prey and squeezing the life out of it. One person said: "Wow. The snake, engorged nearly to the point of immobility by a mystery animal was spotted next to a trail in the Lake Eland Game Reserve in South Africa. According to the niche yet interesting website Snake Facts, the olive python can reach over 13 feet (four meters) in length, with the average length being approximately eight feet (2.5 m). In 2014, an olive python was video-recorded killing and eating a freshwater crocodile at Lake Moondarra, which is near Mount Isa. In 2006, firefighters in the Malaysian village of Kampung Jabor were called in to remove the bloated snake (pictured) from a roadway. The GG Wildlife Rescue in Australia shared the image of the olive python, native to the country, chowing down on the freshwater crocodile. Jones explained pythons are able ‘unhinge their jaw’ to allow them to swallow bigger creatures, and revealed it isn’t all that unusual for these creatures to chow down on a croc. Posted by: Frank Indiviglio in Reptiles and Amphibians in the News, Snakes March 7, 2014 1 Comment 9933 Views. These amazing photos show an olive python (Liasis olivaceus) devouring an Australian freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni). However, the python doesn't chew at all and is not venomous. Freshwater crocodiles in Australia are often targeted by pythons, say experts, despite their huge size . by Tibi Puiu. @media (max-width:767px){.css-4n1las{display:none;}}More Like This@media (min-width:768px){.css-1s8mc50{display:none;}}More Like This. A kayaker spotted a python swallowing an … A very interesting story, no doubt, but actually a 3-4 foot long … The Amazing Story of the Crocodile eaten by a Snake in 2014- yes, this large snake actually eats the whole croc! Rather than paddling away sharpish, Muller was able to capture the sight in nightmarish detail. The gruesome images were captured by a man by the name of Martin Muller, who had spotted the unappetising dining experience while kayaking through the swamps of Mount Isa. Subsequent close-up images show the serpent with just the crocodile's ringed tail sticking out of its mouth. You wouldn't think a python could consume a freshie like that. But we’d wager you don’t often come across a python tucking in to a fully grown freshwater crocodile in one sitting. Bystanders Marvin Muller and Tiffany Corlis managed to capture photos of the snake eating the crocodile over a span of several hours in Queensland. Michelle Jones, who owns GG Wildlife Rescue, told Daily Mail Australia: It’s common for them to eat pretty much anything if they can fit it in their mouth. In 2017, it was reported that a 23-foot python in Indonesia swallowed a 25-year-old man whole. read about this case and other similar stories when a snake ate large animals! Massive crocodile is swallowed WHOLE by python in chilling photos. ", A third said: "I don't wanna kayak where that's a thing.". Despite knowing all about the deadly potential of these reptiles, Jones is apparently fearless, keeping two olive pythons of her very own as pets. One person shuddered, ‘I’m am going to pretend that those images are fake and it cannot really happen, otherwise I’ll have nightmares for years to come’. The pics were shared on Facebook by GG Wildlife Rescue, a non-profit rescue service for native animals in Australia. The photos have become an instant sensation after being shared on social media. To put this into perspective for you, this species of crocodile can grow up to nine feet long and weigh up to 220 pounds. Hope I never meet one. But an Australian crocodile, who had come across a 10ft python found it something quite different. Probably nothing quite as interesting as this massive python that was spotted by a cyclist. "These pictures were taken by Martin Muller while kayaking. In 2005 a Burmese python tried to swallow an alligator whole in Florida. 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These images, taken in Queensland, Australia, show how the python had unhinged its mighty jaws to eat the crocodile after having squeezed the life out of it, long body bulging with the heft of the prey. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. When the python began to chow down on the croc, almost all of us would have guessed it had bitten off way more than it could chew. It burst in the process and both died , their bodies later being found by rangers. A Burmese python living in Florida's Everglades attempted to eat an … These photographs depict every gory moment of the python’s mealtime, until just the tip of the crocodile’s tail can be seen poking out of its scaly jaws. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. Thought crocs were at the top of the food chain. Their post went viral, with nature lovers expressing fascination and repulsion in equal measure. Yet one intrepid photographer recently captured a series of images showing an enormous olive python ( Liasis olivaceus) devouring a full-size Johnstone crocodile. The incredible feasting took place in a swamp in Mount Isa, Queensland, and was photographed by intrepid kayaker, Martin Muller. Another commented, ‘Sweet Jesus that’s revolting. Recently, dramatic photos of an Olive Python, Liasis olivaceus, swallowing an Australian Freshwater Crocodile, Crocodylus johnstoni, have been much in the news. Although crocodiles are generally regarded to be pretty terrifying predators, this one was no match for an olive python (Liasis olivaceus), the second largest snake in Australia after the scrub python (Morelia amethistina). After a long-fought battle in Australia, a python bested a crocodile and swallowed the reptile whole. Surely no amount of Activia is going to help this slithery fella with that bloat though. Pictures show an olive python eating a crocodile whole. Credit: GG Wildlife Rescue/Martin Muller . Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person. The python can then be seen with its jaws open as it swallows the crocodile. The crocodile was desperately trying to keep its head above the water as what is believed to be a python wrapped itself around the croc’s body and started to constrict. After five hours, the snake had won, having successfully squeezed the life from its defiant but defeated opponent. Python Eats Crocodile – Tales of Big Snake Eating. Share Comments; By. A snake has won a lengthy battle with a crocodile in northern Queensland, wrestling it, constricting it and then finally eating it. The snake reportedly fought the croc for … In the pictures, captured by a kayaker in Queensland, Australia, the snake (which is the second largest in the country, FYI) is literally swallowing the croc whole. ", The post concluded: "Wow amazing nature, I love both these creatures & understand the need to eat.". I suspect these aren’t the best pets to cuddle with in front of the telly. The pictures show the olive python unhinging its jaw and slowly consuming the huge freshwater croc, leaving only the tip of its tail on show. Sep 20, 2019 - Giant Isopod If large insects, in particularly roaches and centipedes, make you nervous then the Giant Isopod will leave you absolutely sweating in your seat. Featured Image Credit: GG Wildlife Rescue/Martin Muller. Topics: Animals, Australia, crocodile, python, Queensland, Amazing photographs show the moment a python devours an entire crocodile in a murky swamp, New Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene Plans On Filing Articles Of Impeachment Against Biden, Netflix Announces Elisa Lam Docuseries About Her Mysterious Death Coming Next Month, Donald Trump Becomes First Ever President To Be Impeached Twice, Donald Trump Jr. Asks Elon Musk To Set Up Social Network His Dad Can Join, GG Wildlife Rescue Inc/Facebook and 2 others. They come courtesy GG Wildlife Rescue Inc., a nonprofit in Australia, which shared them on its Facebook page on May 31. July 10, 2019 . Rare to see impala trying to cross this strong dangerous river. She then trained as a journalist through News Associates in Manchester. The alligator was eaten alive by the giant python. L. Ever spot something cool while you were on a bike ride? "Amazing pictures of an olive python Australia's 2nd largest snake & Western Australia's largest having a feed on an Australian freshwater crocodile (crocodylus Johnstoni). Terrifying Moment: Giant Python Eats Crocodile Alive (Watch Video) Site Admin February 20, 2017. Maybe just stick to the buffet. These images, taken in Queensland, Australia, show how the python had unhinged its mighty jaws to eat the crocodile after having squeezed the life out of it, long body bulging with the heft of … The National Park Service released photos that show the carcass of an American alligator that was almost swallowed by a Burmese python. SSSSssssssssensational 💚🐊 🐍 Amazing pictures of an olive python Australis 2nd largest snake & Western Australia's…, Posted by GG Wildlife Rescue Inc on Friday, 31 May 2019. You’ve probably seen pictures of animals eating other animals before. 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