Wednesday 13th September 2006

Swallowing more than you can chew

Via BoingBoing: this python swallowed a pregnant sheep and then couldn't move off the road.

Python swallowing a sheep

More info here together with a mention of these incidents:

In July surgeons were forced to operate on a 4m Burmese python after it inadvertently swallowed a queen-size electric blanket.
Humans also have become victims. In 1972 a python in Burma swallowed an eight-year-old boy.
In October last year, a 3.6m python came off second best in Everglades National Park in Florida. The snake, which tried to swallow a 1.8m alligator whole, exploded, said scientists who found the gory remains."

I'm reminded of another incident while I was in Singapore. Across the border in Malaysia, a man was strangled by a giant python which was in the midst of swallowing him whole when people found and killed it.

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On 14th September 2006, at 01:33am PKT, Waqas Toor said:

Yeah :) and same is the case with python programming language ... its is eating more than it use too :) means getting bigger day by day and swallowing other programming languages :)
any way nice hunt

On 14th September 2006, at 13:07pm PKT, Asma said:

Poor sheep ..!

Bravo Python :)

On 2nd April 2007, at 19:48pm PKT, Anonymous said:

ngjrm

On 2nd April 2007, at 19:49pm PKT, Anonymous said:

thats scary
poor pregnant sheep
sad

On 1st December 2007, at 00:38am PKT, Dalmar said:

Wao! That is unbelieveable. but amazing i fell bad for that poor sheep. I have a Burmese still a baby but she is really agresive is that a normal sign of they get tame with time?

On 2nd February 2008, at 18:37pm PKT, Anonymous said:

On 13th September 2008, at 16:40pm PKST, symeone said:

we have 2 burmese pythons in our shop, as security, (we also have a smaller anaconda, red tail boa and some other little friends, but they don't add to the security concept). the burmese pythons are really relaxed, and tame, they come out to play around once a week, or we let them play in the office for the entire week-end if we know they aren't going to leave us little packages all over the show. (hence, after eliminating waste, before eating again, they play outside). they are really relaxed, docile, but we treat them with a lot of respect. they are both just under 3m, and we hope to breed with them next year when the female has gained some girth. especially the female enjoys being handled, and she "wags" her tail when she is sitting with you. even the redtail boa is quite friendly, though it has mistaken me for lunch once, and bit the living cadoodles out of me without intending to be hurtful, but you have to choose your time... it's not like a hugry or shedding snake is going to be easy tempered.

On 18th September 2008, at 01:13am PKST, Jayme said:

wow that's a beautiful reticulated python, I guess they get hungry often lol


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