Thursday 16 January 2014

African Eight-foot python dislocates jaws to scoff young ANTELOPE whole

Many of Africa's big predators could be expected to take down an antelope - few could then swallow it whole.
But this is just what happens when the killer turns out to be an African rock python.
These photographs show an 8ft snake devouring a young impala in the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. 
Big mouth: An African rock python dislocates its jaws to gobble up a young impala in Moremi National Park
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An African rock python dislocates its jaws to gobble up a young impala in Moremi National Park

Constrictor: Pythons kill by wrapping their bodies around their prey and squeezing them until they suffocate

Crushed: The legs of the hapless impala stick out as the python slowly eats it up
Crushed: The legs of the hapless impala stick out as the python slowly eats it up
Savage: This picture shows just how wide the snake's jaws had to open to swallow its massive meal

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