Dinner in Australia - Snake vs Monitor **graphic**

[Josh]

DINNER IN AUSTRALIA
These images were forwarded to me with some erroneous info about them being from Arizona. I believe this is a black headed python and a gould's monitor.
Wish i could've seen what led up to this first photo!!

 

[Wil]

Yep, thats a black head with a sand goanna. It was either a gouldi or flavirufus, can't tell.

 

[Rhetoric]

Holy cow, I didn't think it was going to get it down!
Things like this make me think of

 

[Riplee]

Looks like a Argus..

 

[slideaboot]

That was an AWESOME photo sequence!!! So cool!

 

[Josh]

rhetoricx WHAT is THAT???

 

[montana]

Yeh but just wait till it comes out !!

 

[Rhetoric]

rhetoricx WHAT is THAT???

I'm not sure if its real but it was a burmese python that exploded after eating an alligator...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1006_051006_pythoneatsgator.html

 

[Josh]

holy smokes! OUCH

 

[Rhetoric]

well I guess its real. I had only seen the picture I never read the article lolol.
I know snakes can eat prey like 1.5x mid section but sometimes I wonder how often things like this happen! Does it vary depending on the snake?

 

[Strange_Evil]

Really cool! I wonder how things started, must of not been much of a fight though. Thanks for sharing Josh!

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

I don't know if it would have been much of a battle with the snake and monitor but it would have been nice to see.

 

[Toby_H]

Snake battles are rarely as exciting as we hope... snake barely moves, barely moves, barely moves OH MY GOD HE GOT HIM!

That photo sequence is pretty old. I saw it a few years ago on a forum with the claims of it being in Arizona... followed by a fairly amusing argument about what and where is was...

But still nice to see again. Snakes are pretty darn impressive animals... although I'm SO glad humans learned to chew in our evolutionary path....