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The snake had eaten an impala ewe and was trying to go through the electric fence when it was killed by the electric fence. The pictures were taken on Silent Valley Ranch in the Waterberg mountains of South Africa. If you go to the site you will see the images of the impala that was removed from the pythons stomach.

The Rock python is Africa's largest snake. The rock python eats mammals and birds.

Lays up to 100 eggs about the size of a tennis ball in antbear (Aardvark) holes, hollow tree or similar suitable place. The female coils herself around the eggs to protect them.

The snake in this picture had eaten a full grown Impala ewe and, sadly, caught itself in an electric fence.

Over four metres in length, this was a large specimen.

When the python was skinned we found a full grown Impala ewe had just been swallowed.

The python kills its prey by coiling itself around the animal and constricting it. When the animal is dead the python swallows it normally head first.Having swallowed its prey, the snake will find an abandoned burrow or hollow tree in which to hide and digest its meal.

A python's bite is not poisonous but would be very painful.

The above text is from- http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/fencesnake.asp The site has allot more info on the HUGE snake!

This was also sent to me by Wendy and it seemed to illistrate what an electric fence is really capable of. We had a very lively debate on this subject a few months ago.

I debated on whether to post this a few weeks back but was too busy at the time. The first time I saw this, it actually made me jump. The size of that thing, it could eat me.

Awww - poor snake. Looks like in his final moments he lashed out at that stinging wire and it finished him off.

God, now I'm going to have nightmares. I'm one of those men who screams little a 6th grade girl when there's a snake around. :-/


Keni

God, now I'm going to have nightmares. I'm one of those men who screams little a 6th grade girl when there's a snake around. :-/


Keni

You and me both

Still looks more friendly than my sister

God, now I'm going to have nightmares. I'm one of those men who screams little a 6th grade girl when there's a snake around. :-/
Keni

I'm not normally afraid of snakes. But there are exceptions to the rule and this is darn sight one of them! This frigging snake is HUGE!  :o

If this was in my back yard, I'd have to haul out the heavy weapons....

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I'm not normally afraid of snakes. But there are exceptions to the rule and this is darn sight one of them! This frigging snake is HUGE!

It is a bit big for being loose. I rather like snakes though.
SHowed it my Mum and she screamed! lol

My word that is scary! Glad I don't live in a country which is home to those monsters...

My word that is scary! Glad I don't live in a country which is home to those monsters...

You and me both brother. I think I'll drop a safari in Africa from my to do list....

This part of the article really got me- "A python's bite is not poisonous but would be very painful."

I believe the part about being very painful would fall into the no shit category....

I'd say looking at the photo of the poor snakes mouth that you could safely list it in the "Masochistic Accupuncture" group of pains  ;D

I'd say looking at the photo of the poor snakes mouth that you could safely list it in the "Masochistic Accupuncture" group of pains  ;D

I'll second that - 3 rows of teeth!!!

If anything like that came into my backyard, I wouldn't even bother with heavy weapons, I would just hand him the keys to the house and leave showing him the TV on the way out

Using the kind of weapons that I wished I, there would be nothing left of a snake like that after I got through with it

But, even if I were to only use my rifle, it would still get more holes in it that it would have ever bargain for