Massive snake eats a fully-grown magpie

  • Shane Raddatz and his wife were at their neighbour’s house on the Gold Coast
  • Mr Raddatz said she came across the diamond carpet snake on the verandah  
  • They called a snake catcher who had to wait for the reptile to finish eating before extracting it

This horrifying picture captures the moment a massive snake ate a full-grown magpie.

Shane Raddatz and his wife were at their neighbour’s house when she came across the diamond carpet snake dangling from the roof of the verandah, the Warwick Daily News reports.

Mr Raddatz, from the Gold Coast, said she called him on the phone to come to the front of the house and said: ‘I’m not game to move anywhere.’

This horrifying picture captures the moment a massive snake ate a fully-grown magpie

He said although they were used to seeing wildlife since their home backs onto a reserve, he’d never seen anything like it before.

‘It was a bit of a shock,’ he told the newspaper.

‘We’d seen them around but we’d never seen anything that big. It’s the first time we saw it do what it did.’

Mr Raddatz added that they didn’t disturb the reptile, but called a snake catcher.

The catcher had to wait for the snake to finish eating the magpie before he was able to take it away.

Mr Raddatz added his family weren’t too worried about the discovery, but were concerned about the safety of their pets – especially considering his neighbour’s cat disappeared six months ago. 



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