Snake eats crocodile in queensland lake!

Arcadia Divine · Mar 3, 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/snake-eats-crocodile-in-queensland-lake

Not sure where to post this but yeah, the title says it all! I've never heard of anything like this! That has to be either one pathetic croc or a hell of a snake. Thoughts?

Helix · Mar 3, 2014

Arcadia Divine said:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/snake-eats-crocodile-in-queensland-lake

Not sure where to post this but yeah, the title says it all! I've never heard of anything like this!

Here's a green anaconda swallowing a common caiman.

Arcadia Divine said:
That has to be either one pathetic croc or a hell of a snake. Thoughts?

It was only a very small freshwater croc, but quite a big olive python.* There are some more pics here.

*The papers are referring to it as a water python, which is a different -- and smaller -- species. I'm pretty sure that's an olive python, but I'll check.

ShaunHorton · Mar 3, 2014

It's not that uncommon. I've been looking around since this first got posted, I was mainly concerned it wasn't a native snake. Good to know it's just a large specimen of a native species eating a small croc.

What with all the attention given to the thousands of poisonous things that live in Australia, I never even knew they had native constrictors.

Helix · Mar 3, 2014

ShaunHorton said:
It's not that uncommon. I've been looking around since this first got posted, I was mainly concerned it wasn't a native snake. Good to know it's just a large specimen of a native species eating a small croc.

What with all the attention given to the thousands of poisonous things that live in Australia, I never even knew they had native constrictors.

The only invasive snake (that I can think of off the top of my head) is one of the blind snakes (Typhlopidae), so we're doing well in that area -- compared to our other invasives!

Thirteen python species, which puts them well in the minority compared to venomous snakes.

Roxxsmom · Mar 4, 2014

That's a risky meal to take on, but success means Mr. (or Ms.) python won't have to eat again for quite a while.

Of course, it's sort of vulnerable as it sits there digesting. If a bigger croc comes along now...

GeekTells · Mar 4, 2014

Roxxsmom said:
Of course, it's sort of vulnerable as it sits there digesting. If a bigger croc comes along now...

Mmmm....cannibalism by proxy.

Albedo · Mar 4, 2014

Crosnakeodile for dinner!

Roxxsmom · Mar 9, 2014

I saw a picture (xray) in a reptile book once of a snake that ate a snake that ate a snake. It was a large king cobra, that had swallowed a smaller king cobra that had swallowed an Indian cobra.

Endless tubes within tubes.

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