broken camp early in the morning
and saw a King Brown Snake on the
road. It couldn’t move very fast
because it had eaten another snake.
When snakes swallow another snake
of similar size, it appears as a sort of
zig-zag shape down the body, as the
digestive tract struggles to make
room for it. Anyway, I picked up the
snake and put it in a bag. Later,
when we had a smoko, I had a look
and it had spewed up an Olive
Python about the same size.
‘ Mulga
3.
Snakes are notoriously
cannibalistic; this one had eaten another
snake and could hardly
move !’
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1. The triplet Lace Monitor after
being attacked by a much larger
male.
2. The triplets hatching—a world
first.
3. Black-headed Python eating a
Perentie which didn’t make it
out of the egg. Image by Steve
Swanson.