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Python nearly swallows wallaby whole at Cairns university
 Video @ LinkA PYTHON has been filmed trying to swallow whole what looks like a wallaby. In the video, posted on break.com and believed to have taken place at James Cook University, people can be heard squealing as the python clamps its jaws around the creature and begins to swallow. But the snake seems to realise it is biting off more than it can chew and is forced to back away and regurgitate the upper half of the animal's body. The camera operator then jolts and swears as the python pulls away briefly from the animal to inspect the crowd that has gathered. "It happened at the uni up here and unfortunately it was in a very public place," said the blogger who posted the video. "After he slunk off, we put the wallaby in the bush in a quieter place for later." Another blogger said: "The snake was filmed in Cairns, North Queensland, last month on a road near the uni." James Cook University spokesman Jim O'Brien said that while snakes tended to be nocturnal, he had encountered a python on the campus during the day. "There are pythons, kangaroos and wallabies that live on the campus here. But it's the security guys who tend to see more snakes during the evening," he said. Cairns is proving to be a battleground for some of the world's deadliest animals, with locals witnessed other fascinating battle. First a giant spider was photographed eating a bird, then a python was snapped devouring a sulphur-crested cockatoo. Artist and Clifton Beach resident Cindy Lane was painting in her studio when she heard a "couple of loud squawks" coming from the bougainvillea tree in her backyard. She found the python coiling itself tightly around the bird high in the tree's branches. Posted by: Oztralian 2008-11-06 |
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