A 'filling' meal: Python swallows up five-year-old sheep!
Daijiworld Media Network
Kadra (Uttara Kannada), Sep 23 In an incident that left the locals rather bemused, a python swallowed a five-year-old sheep near Kadra, on Saturday September 21.
The sheep was tied in the field of Bandekar behind the field at Gottegali House, and left to graze.
While the sheep was grazing, a 14-feet long python slithered towards it, attacked and gulped it down.
Later, expert snake catcher G Raghavendra and his team rushed to the spot and captured the snake.
They handed over the snake to the forest department. They had to struggle to carry the heavy snake which was later freed in the Anashi reserve forest.
Pythons, which kill their prey by the method of constriction, are normally known to eat mice and poultry birds. The larger ones can eat bigger animals like pigs and goats.