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Strange But True: Python Dies Of Sweet Porcupine Meal by luvly101: 7:45pm On Jun 24, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dEIBE4Jw54

The bloated 13ft African rock python was found dead with dozens of quills from the spiky 2st porcupine piercing its belly.

When this snake decided a plump porcupine would make a nice meal, it clearly did not anticipate his food would be having its revenge.

This bloated 13ft African rock python ate itself to death after its innards were punctured with dozens of quills from the spiky 2st rodent.

It was discovered by a mountain biker, lying next to a cycle track at Lake Eland Game Reserve, near Port Shepstone, South Africa.

Reserve managers found it python dead beneath a rocky ledge, where it had been trying to digest its final meal.

Reserve general manager Jennifer Fuller said: "The exact reasons for the snake's death are not clear.

"It is apparent that several porcupine quills were lodged inside the digestive tract. "It had fallen off the rocky ledge.

"We don't know if it died beforehand, or whether the fall drove some of the quills into its digestive tract."

Whereas some predators will be warned off by the visual threat displays of a porcupine, many snake species rely on thermal or chemical sensory mechanisms to ambush prey at night.

This means they often do not see the spikes until it is too late.

source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/python-eats-itself-death-after-5939756

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Re: Strange But True: Python Dies Of Sweet Porcupine Meal by xreal: 7:52pm On Jun 24, 2015
How this small head/mouth take swallow this big thing?
Re: Strange But True: Python Dies Of Sweet Porcupine Meal by Tallesty1(m): 7:59pm On Jun 24, 2015
xreal:
How this small head/mouth take swallow this big thing?
It's possible.
Re: Strange But True: Python Dies Of Sweet Porcupine Meal by Acekidc4(m): 8:04pm On Jun 24, 2015
This Snake na Real Worbia!!Chaiiii!!!Sweet Meal Gone Bad!!
Re: Strange But True: Python Dies Of Sweet Porcupine Meal by luvly101: 11:08am On Jun 25, 2015
xreal:
How this small head/mouth take swallow this big thing?

Snakes regularly eat items 75 to 100 percent their size, because their jaw is rigged with tendons, muscles, and ligaments that give the jaw a gymnast's.
Pythons especially, can get pretty big, big and scary enough to eat almost anything no matter the size. They’ve been known to eat their owners, sheep, deers and even alligators.

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