Enormous carpet python devours a goanna while hanging from a roof in front of shocked residents at a retirement village
- The enormous carpet python had slithered into the retirement village last week
- Horrified onlookers spotted a snake devouring a goanna while hanging from roof
- Carpet pythons are known to regularly hide out in roofs looking for food
An enormous carpet python has been snapped devouring a helpless goanna while hanging from the roof of a home in a retirement village.
The snake had slithered into the Churches of Christ Care Sanctuary Park Retirement Village in Nambour, Queensland last week.
‘Residents got quite the show last week when this carpet python landed on their doorstep,’ the retirement village wrote on Facebook.
A carpet python was seen devouring a goanna at a retirement village in Queensland
The village shared an incredible image of the snake hanging off the roof with half of the reptile hanging from its mouth.
‘With the drought, many native animals from the neighbouring national park are looking for water and food – this reptile found both!’
Social media users were left in awe after viewing the dramatic image.
‘Wow the jaws of the snake must be very powerful to hold that lizard/goanna,’ one person wrote.
‘Beautiful python, poor lizard,’ added another.
‘Christmas decorations should have been taken down by now,’ joked a third.
Residents at the retirement village were shocked to find the carpet python hanging from a roof
Carpet pythons are common in Queensland in summer during breeding season.
The non-poisonous reptile regularly hides out in roofs looking for food such as mammals and birds.
They can grow up to 2.1 metres or sometimes exceed up to 3 meters.