VIDEO: Huge Python Vomits His Dinner Whole. You Won’t Guess What Creature It Was
When you imagine a python you can either be scared out of your mind or think that they are very interesting creatures.
No matter in which category you are, this video of a python’s digestive process will surely impress you, either make you stare in wonder or be grossed out completely.
According to dailymail.co.uk, this was one python who clearly had eyes too big for its belly.
After devouring a deer whole, the greedy snake realised he had bitten off more than he could chew.
In a graphic video, captured by astonished onlookers, the reptile decides he has had enough – and tries to throw it back up again.
The clip begins with the snake’s mouth straining wide open with a suspicious lump in its middle.
It twists its body round and it attempts to shift the animal through his lengthy body.
But it is no easy feat – as it takes around two minutes before the deceased deer is regurgitated out onto the ground.
The ravenous python devoured a deer whole near the Reliance Tower close to Sawantwadi, Konkan in India.
However, when the villagers poked the snake with sticks, it regurgitated the buck and slithered away.
Yesterday morning, the snake attacked a deer near a stream and after a brief struggle, it wolfed the entire animal down whole.
After a brief struggle, the snake gulped down the deer and lay down, with its massively expanded midsection, to digest the meal.
But it soon realizes it had taken off more than he could eat and went into a food coma.
Villagers prodded the reptile to see if it was still alive which prompted it to vomit the meal back up.
According to wikipedia.org, the Pythonidae, commonly known simply as pythons, from the Greek word python (πυθων), are a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Among its members are some of the largest snakes in the world. Eight genera and 31 species are currently recognized.
Most members of this family are ambush predators, in that they typically remain motionless in a camouflaged position, and then strike suddenly at passing prey.
They will generally not attack humans unless startled or provoked, although females protecting their eggs can be aggressive.
Reports of attacks on human beings were once more common in South and Southeast Asia, but are now quite rare.
Larger specimens usually eat animals about the size of a house cat, but larger food items are known; some large Asian species have been known to take down adult deer, and the African rock python, Python sebae, has been known to eat antelope.
In 2017, there was a recorded case of a human devoured by a python in Sulawesi, Indonesia.All prey is swallowed whole, and may take several days or even weeks to fully digest.
Contrary to popular belief, even the larger species, such as the reticulated python, P. reticulatus, do not crush their prey to death; in fact, prey is not even noticeably deformed before it is swallowed.