A huge snake’s big meal in South Africa has turned out to be its last. After the death of a 12-foot-long African Rock Python, park rangers opened its stomach. Inside they found a 30-pound porcupine.

Despite being non-venomous, pythons (Pythonidae) are still deadly creatures. They can grow up to 100 pounds and 30 feet long. They use their muscular bodies to constrict prey and cut off its blood ...

Pythons asphyxiate their prey before devouring it, a method of basically choking the animal to death before serving it for supper. This ensures that the snake can enjoy a struggle-free meal. After a ...

We all eat the wrong thing sometimes, but this 12-foot-long South African python made a major error. It swallowed a porcupine whole. Spoilers: No, it did not survive ...

Predators are often judged by the size of the animals they can overpower. Yet in the wild, a successful hunt does not always ...

A GREEDY python has bitten off more than he could chew when he perished after swallowing a prickly porcupine. The bloated 3.9 metre African rock python was found by a mountain biker, lying next to a ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Unusual circumstances led to the premature death of one of the world's largest species of snakes, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In June 2015, an African Rock Python branched out from its usual diet and swallowed a porcupine, per CNN. Unfortunately, eating ...

A huge snake’s big meal in South Africa has turned out to be its last. After the death of a 12-foot-long African Rock Python, park rangers opened its stomach. Inside they found a 30-pound porcupine.