JANASENA Posted January 2, 2015 Report Posted January 2, 2015 Paul O’Neill, a park ranger at the Nitmiluk national park near Katherine in Australia's Northern Territory, stumbled across this gruesome sight. A large (8 foot long) olive python was feeding on an "agile wallaby" joey. Wildlife Commission NT The agile wallaby is one of the most common wallaby species found in Australia. Adult wallabies are usually about 2.5 feet long. Young wallabies ("joeys") are fairly large, but this one was no match for the python. Wikipedia The olive python can grow up to 13 feet in length. It is the second largest snake species in Australia. Wildlife Commission NT When O'Neil came across the python, it had already fought and killed the wallaby joey. Most likely, the snake was lying in wait for the joey on one of his often used paths through the woods. Wildlife Commission NT Not long after O'Neil arrived, the python decided to begin the ambitious process of swallowing the joey whole. Wildlife Commission NT The process was a stretch for the snake, literally, but it was ultimately successful. Here you can see its scales bulging again the strain of its latest meal. Wildlife Commission NT It should take the snake at least a full week to digest this latest meal. Then it won't need to eat again for about another 4 to 6 weeks. Wildlife Commission NT
jamesbond Posted January 2, 2015 Report Posted January 2, 2015 and adi move kooda avaledu anta tinnaka.... unless it can digest it
mettastar Posted January 2, 2015 Report Posted January 2, 2015 Poor kangaroo... adi kangaroo kaadhu alantidhe wallaby ante
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