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The Herald And News
Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina
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A 25-foot python reticulata swallowed an 18-pound swan and later a 67-pound roebuck. Another python consumed two roebucks (28 and 39 pounds) and a 71-pound chamois in quick succession, with only hindquarters visible after 2.5 hours. It disgorged the prey when suddenly photographed.
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A specimen of python reticulata about twenty-five feet in length swallowed a swan weighing eighteen pounds and two days later a roebuck of sixty-seven pounds. Another swallowed within two days two roebucks of twenty-eight and thirty-nine pounds and soon thereafter a chamois of seventy-one pounds. In two and a half hours only the hind quarters of the limbs of the prey were visible. When a flashlight photograph was suddenly taken the python disgorged its booty in the space of half a minute.-Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.
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Python Swallowing Large Prey And Disgorging When Photographed
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A 25-foot python reticulata swallowed an 18-pound swan and two days later a 67-pound roebuck. Another specimen swallowed two roebucks weighing 28 and 39 pounds within two days, followed by a 71-pound chamois. After 2.5 hours, only the hindquarters were visible. A sudden flashlight photograph caused it to disgorge the prey in half a minute.