Australian Park Ranger Witnesses Python Devouring Whole Wallaby
- 9 years ago
Wallabies aren’t the largest mammals, but some of them can reach a height of up to six feet and a weight of more than 50 pounds. Recently, a python made a meal out of one at the Nitmiluk National Park in Australia.
Wallabies aren’t the largest mammals, but some of them can reach a height of up to six feet and a weight of more than 50 pounds.
Recently, a python made a meal out of one at a national park in Australia. Ranger Paul O'Neill witnessed the unusual sight.
While on patrol, he heard birds making quite a bit of noise, so he probed around and spotted the massive olive python attempting to devour the Agile Wallaby joey.
The process of swallowing the young wallaby wasn’t as easy one. O’Neill watched as the python intricately curled its body around the mammal before consumption began.
Reportedly, it took the snake half an hour to fully devour the wallaby and all the while, the reptile’s jaw was drastically stretched to accommodate the size of its prey.
Greg Smith from the Territory Wildlife Park spoke with Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife personnel about the rare sight.
He commented “That is about the biggest prey item it could eat. That wallaby would take about 5 to 7 days to digest completely and the snake would go and hide for at least a month.”
The olive python can grow to nearly 20 feet in length, which makes the species the second biggest snake in all of Australia.
Wallabies aren’t the largest mammals, but some of them can reach a height of up to six feet and a weight of more than 50 pounds.
Recently, a python made a meal out of one at a national park in Australia. Ranger Paul O'Neill witnessed the unusual sight.
While on patrol, he heard birds making quite a bit of noise, so he probed around and spotted the massive olive python attempting to devour the Agile Wallaby joey.
The process of swallowing the young wallaby wasn’t as easy one. O’Neill watched as the python intricately curled its body around the mammal before consumption began.
Reportedly, it took the snake half an hour to fully devour the wallaby and all the while, the reptile’s jaw was drastically stretched to accommodate the size of its prey.
Greg Smith from the Territory Wildlife Park spoke with Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife personnel about the rare sight.
He commented “That is about the biggest prey item it could eat. That wallaby would take about 5 to 7 days to digest completely and the snake would go and hide for at least a month.”
The olive python can grow to nearly 20 feet in length, which makes the species the second biggest snake in all of Australia.