Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Grisly scene as python swallows a wallaby WHOLE Incredible images of a python devouring a wallaby in the Northern Territory

That's a mouthful! Grisly scene as python swallows a wallaby WHOLE

  • Incredible images of a python devouring a wallaby in the Northern Territory
  • Rangers say it will take the snake up to a week to digest its prey
  • The python can live off a capture like this for up to three months
  • Drama captured on camera by a ranger on duty in the Nitmiluk National Park 

The Northern Territory is renowned for throwing up some mind-boggling moments but when ranger Paul O'Neill heard birds making a racket inside the Nitmiluk National Park, he went to investigate.
And what he found was one of those double-take moments, he looked as a large python wrapped itself around and began devouring a wallaby.
The NT Parks and Wildlife ranger quickly began to document the amazing scene on camera as the snake began swallowing the marsupial. 
Amazing images of a python wrapped around and swallowing a wallaby in the Northern Territory
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Amazing images of a python wrapped around and swallowing a wallaby in the Northern Territory
Ranger Paul O'Neill began documenting the moment while on his rounds in the Nitmiluk National Park
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Ranger Paul O'Neill began documenting the moment while on his rounds in the Nitmiluk National Park
The Nitmiluk gorge site is some 30 kilometres from the heart of Katherine and 310 kilometres south of Darwin.
In the photos, the snake is first seen wrapping itself tightly around the marsupial to suffocate it. 

It then unhinges its jaw and starts working its mouth around its prey.
The mean feat is further exaggerated by the shape of wallaby's body jutting out while it is inside the snake's stomach.
The python has all but devoured the marsupial - but park officials say it could take up to seven days before it is fully digested
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The python has all but devoured the marsupial - but park officials say it could take up to seven days before it is fully digested
In the photos, the snake is first seen wrapping itself tightly around the marsupial to suffocate it
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In the photos, the snake is first seen wrapping itself tightly around the marsupial to suffocate it
The Nitmiluk gorge site is some 30 kilometres from the heart of Katherine and 310 kilometres south of Darwin
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The Nitmiluk gorge site is some 30 kilometres from the heart of Katherine and 310 kilometres south of Darwin
Greg Smith, from the Territory Wildlife Park, told ABC New s 'that wallaby would take about five to seven days to digest completely'
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Greg Smith, from the Territory Wildlife Park, told ABC New s 'that wallaby would take about five to seven days to digest completely'
Greg Smith, from the Territory Wildlife Park, told ABC News 'that wallaby would take about five to seven days to digest completely and the snake would go and hide for at least a month'.
'Some snakes will start looking for food even if they are overweight and have just eaten, but on average that meal would be sufficient to sustain that snake for at least three months," he said. 
A python can survive on prey like a wallaby of this size for up to three months
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A python can survive on prey like a wallaby of this size for up to three months
The mean feat is further exaggerated by the shape of wallaby's body jutting out while it is inside the snake's stomach
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The mean feat is further exaggerated by the shape of wallaby's body jutting out while it is inside the snake's stomach

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