I live in Australia. This has confirmed my feelings that I live in the wrong country - these photos were taken over 5 hours.

mjh1088 · 2012-10-25T07:29:20-07:00

hmmmm that looks like red dirt. As a general rule. If you see red dirt in australia, It means you're going to see some fucked up shit. Stick to pavement and the grassy edges of the country for milder creatures that will only kill you slowly rather than eat you whole.

dweebcentric · 2012-10-25T14:15:31+00:00

that lizard is wearing that snake like a sock.

LewisKiniski · 2012-10-25T07:21:45-07:00

I just had an epiphany - snakes are really vulnerable while eating.

Q: Are there any animals that opportunistically take snakes as prey while the snake is attempting to eat?

Edit: Also, what are they, and how badly does it end for them when they attempt to eat something that ate something they likely can't digest?

Edit 2: Is there some sort of regurgitation/abort sequence if the snake is attacked mid-meal?

agha0013 · 2012-10-25T14:33:32+00:00

You know, the post would have made a lot more sense if you'd put the pics in chonological order. Just makes it seem like the snake coughed up the lizzard a few times to try again

POSTS_GIFS · 2012-10-25T14:09:12+00:00

Meanwhile, a lizard and snake in America...

ServerGeek · 2012-10-25T13:52:55+00:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goanna

Because surely, I'm not the only one that had no clue what the fuck a Goanna was.

CommandADelete · 2012-10-25T14:02:35+00:00

Western Australia? I've driven Perth to Broome before and seen some shit.

7_legged_spider · 2012-10-25T14:02:59+00:00

Reminds me of a girl I knew in college.

Quaternions · 2012-10-25T13:44:56+00:00

Why would this confirm that you live in the wrong country, if I saw that live, I would say that I was living in the right country.

London_Bridge · 2012-10-25T14:13:20+00:00

What kind of snake?

fallinouttadabox · 2012-10-25T14:36:02+00:00

This takes all the hard work out of having Lizard-stuffed-Snake for dinner.

SinisterKid · 2012-10-25T14:01:05+00:00

Snakes...hare today, goanna tomorrow.

bloodcurdling · 2012-10-25T14:58:44+00:00

I think its nice the road was blocked so the snake could continue his business.

blazeofglory94 · 2012-10-25T14:19:22+00:00

C'mon man, this is the exact reason I love living in Aus! Where else can you see a snake swallow a goanna whole!!

Peregrine21591 · 2012-10-25T13:17:11+00:00

And that's what we call a 'food baby'

nobody2000 · 2012-10-25T17:17:23+00:00

Weird. That snake looks identical to the one here:

http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/90g8b/snake_observed_while_eating_goanna_for_5_hours_pic/

Edit: and from 3 years ago! That is either some top-notch re-staging of a picture or some top-notch reposting.

EllisLankster · 2012-10-25T15:03:19+00:00

Can anyone else hear Steve Irwin? " 'ave a look at this! 'ere in Aw'straya, we 'ave some of the most beautiful predators in the world. Right here we have a beautiful snake makin' a meal outta this unfortunate Goanna. Let me see if I can just put my finger in the cloaca... And it's a lovely Sheila! Giving up 'er life so that the snake can go on!"

2legit2acquit · 2012-10-25T15:39:52+00:00

Apparently no gag reflex

ittybittyblonde14 · 2012-10-25T15:38:05+00:00

Welcome to Florida. A python ate a 6 foot live alligator. Then it exploded.

Lilgaybike · 2012-10-25T13:44:02+00:00

Just imagine what its anus would be like when it poops it out.

jaynoj · 2012-10-25T13:44:52+00:00

Looks like someone needs to break out the port and cigars.

ItsCrutches · 2012-10-25T19:16:02+00:00

This is actually in Arizona. It is a Desert Kingsnake eating a Monitor Lizard.

http://misspegasus.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/snake-eats-monitor-lizard/

strongcoffee · 2012-10-25T15:34:41+00:00

Here's a forum post from 2010 that shows the exact same pictures. What a coincidence!

Seriously, we don't care if these pictures are old, but at least give credit to the original photographer.

heymusiclover · 2012-10-25T15:43:54+00:00

would sir be interested in a wafer thin mint?

cyclonesworld · 2012-10-25T15:38:40+00:00

At least the snake put up some safety markers so he wouldn't get hit by a road train while eating an afternoon snack. Pretty courteous snake.

great_gape · 2012-10-25T13:27:52+00:00

That last picture is how I feel when I'm on the road and stop in a town that only has a MC Donald's open.

amsaiM · 2012-10-25T14:14:12+00:00

But you guys have bad ass metal! Arguably some of the best that comes out is from the land down under!

Coypop · 2012-10-25T15:15:35+00:00

The best part is that those blokes put up those warning posts so the snake could enjoy his meal.

DooDooBrownz · 2012-10-25T14:46:05+00:00

some call it deja vu, i call it a repost

whaddyahave · 2012-10-25T14:37:20+00:00

Damn nature! You scary!

shurdi3 · 2012-10-25T14:07:21+00:00

That snake is not gonna eat again for the rest of its life

Lillipout · 2012-10-25T14:08:21+00:00

circle of life

DelayedSquid · 2012-10-25T14:20:28+00:00

Living in WA, this shit is as common as a sunny day. More importantly you guys should see what the Goanna can do to its prey

verbal_diarrhea_guy · 2012-10-25T14:39:19+00:00

I like how there are caution stakes and reflective apparatus placed around the hungry snake so that drivers and passerby-ers can be aware of the meal time.

RichardSaunders · 2012-10-25T08:15:23-07:00

i've seen plenty of pictures and videos like this, but what i still haven't seen is footage of how the snake manages to move around the next fews days while it's got an entire goat/pig/dog/person/baby alligator/etc in its stomach.

Rustyfist · 2012-10-25T15:28:54+00:00

How the fuck do snakes do this? Where does it all go? Why do we never see giant snake shit?

GrammerPants · 2012-10-25T15:59:34+00:00

In a few months that snake will take the best dump of its life.

KingPhine · 2012-10-25T13:18:56+00:00

Well did you catch it? You couldve eaten it and had goanna stuffed snaked. Wrapped in bacon.

Grechyweiners · 2012-10-25T14:02:11+00:00

Wow love living here :D....Its not like it was a brown or a red belly.. It was just a python.

fashigady · 2012-10-25T14:06:18+00:00

My google- and wiki-fu suggest this is an Aspidites melanocephalus, or Black-Headed Python

moyako · 2012-10-25T14:25:06+00:00

I wonder if that poor snake had McDonald's remorse afterwards

Up_2_No_Good · 2012-10-25T14:37:16+00:00

Bad Australia! Bad!

ismoketabacco · 2012-10-25T14:39:01+00:00

Australia, not a land to be fucked with.

Jeffsofast · 2012-10-25T14:39:29+00:00

Are you a surveyor?

workingbored · 2012-10-25T14:39:31+00:00

How long would it take to digest it?

gastropoda · 2012-10-25T14:52:14+00:00

A lizard? That little thing? Try an entire deer.

skinsfan55 · 2012-10-25T15:04:22+00:00

Move to Murica! Our local fauna is much less deadly. Sure, we might have the occasional grizzly or mountain lion but urban sprawl and manifest destiny pushed them to the most wild corners of the country. Besides, the average Aussie would laugh in the face of a cuddly griz and place it in a headlock if attacked.

Mungo_Clump · 2012-10-25T15:09:16+00:00

You should have done a time-lapse video, then it would look like the lizard was pulling on a very fetching stripy leotard.

bigred326 · 2012-10-25T15:30:20+00:00

smaller bites augustus; save some room for later... (this was all i could think of when viewing these photos)

crazymonkey159 · 2012-10-25T15:45:23+00:00

Snake what are you doing? Snake? Snake STAHP!

2012-10-25T17:15:39+00:00

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Sinujutsu · 2012-10-25T18:07:35+00:00

I love the wet-floor style warning signs around it. "Warning, Snake devouring a lizard! Watch your shit."

compmaster88 · 2012-10-25T18:08:58+00:00

Like stretching a sock over a fat lady's leg.

LaconianStrategos · 2012-10-25T19:50:37+00:00

This adds to my suspicion that if there ever will be a zombie apocalypse, it will leave Australia the fuck alone.

PixieBomb · 2012-10-25T20:06:39+00:00

...This happens frequently enough that you guys just put up brightly-colored ribbon-stick things so people know "OH HEY I shouldn't drive, bicycle, or run there, I may accidentally run into a giant fucking snake eating a monstrous goddamn lizard"?

WTF

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