- A carpet python and a bat were filmed in a grisly embrace in Brisbane
- The snake can be seen pulling the dead bat up a tree and trying to eat the animal
- While the snake attempted to devour it’s easy meal, it couldn’t get past the wings
- The python eventually gave up after half an hour, dropping the bat to the ground
Australian’s are used to all sorts of strange animal encounters, which now includes a snake attempting to eat a bat in Brisbane.
In a video taken by Redland’s Snake Catcher, Tony Morrison captured the moment a huge carpet python was caught pulling a bat up a tree.
While the bat was long dead, the snake appeared to struggle with it’s meal.
The moment a huge carpet python was caught pulling a bat up a tree in Brisbane on Tuesday
While the bat was long dead, the snake appeared to struggle with it’s meal, attempting to eat it head first
With it’s body coiled around the dead animal, the snake attempted to swallow the bat head first.
But with it’s sharp talons and pointed wings, the python couldn’t quite work out how to get it’s head around the bat.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday, Mr Morrison said the python eventually gave up on it’s meal.
With it’s sharp talons and pointed wings, the python couldn’t quite work out how to get it’s head around the bat
The outcome was not favourable for either animal, with the snake biting off more than it could chew
‘It [the snake] couldn’t get past the wings, so after half an hour he just dropped the bat on the ground,’ Mr Morrison said.
Mr Morrison said carpet python were common for the area and not a threat to humans, but moved the animal to a safe place.
‘We eventually moved the snake down the road into bushland, because it was in an area where kids would cross to get to school.’
The outcome was not favourable for either animal, with the snake biting off more than it could chew.
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