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As it hangs from the gutter, a carpet python swallows a King Parrot entire.

The images depict a snake hanging from the gutter of a woman’s home in Agnes Waters, Queensland, eating a parrot head first.

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 The pictures were shot by the owner of the house and forwarded to Stuart McKenzie, a snake handler, who then uploaded them online.

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According to Mr. McKenzie, carpet pythons, which may reach lengths of up to three meters, frequently prey on small animals and birds. They will ᴀttᴀᴄᴋ any bird that lands too ᴄʟᴏsᴇ to them, they are opportunistic. He said that the python ʜɪt the parrot because it had probably landed too near to it while it was relaxing and basking.

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He had witnessed incidents in which they had consumed tiny animals like guinea pigs, and he knew that they frequently broke into chicken coops to consume hens.They might occasionally eat small dogs and cats.



He added that before beginning to ingest their prey, they would Bɪtᴇ and squeeze them to ᴅᴇᴀtʜ. They weren’t the biggest snake in the nation, but they were the biggest and most prevalent on the Sunshine Coast, where he lived.

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He calculated the snake in the photos to be a medium sized carpet python between 1.5 and 2 meters long. The snake would “rest” for a few days after swallowing the parrot so that it could digest it. Even though they are not ᴘᴏɪsᴏɴᴏᴜs, carpet pythons can nonetheless Bɪtᴇ you painfully.

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