Giant python caught swallowing even bigger snake alive in world first

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Giant python caught swallowing even ******* snake alive in world first

Scientists in

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have documented a 10-foot-long Burmese

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a reticulated python, an unprecedented encounter involving two of the world’s largest snake species.

Wildlife researchers at the Akiz Wildlife Farm in

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spotted the Burmese python

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around the other snake and

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up from its tail.

It took the python about two hours to

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, according to a report published in the journal Reptiles and Amphibians recently.

The incident took place in October 2020.

The reticulated python sought to defend itself by constricting the Burmese python but loosened its grip after it was subjugated, scientists said.

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Burmese python eating larger reticulated python on Bangladesh wildlife farm (Adnan Azad/Reptiles & Amphibians)

Scientists are perplexed by the behaviour as the wildlife farm had better food options available for both snakes.

They suspect a territorial dispute may have led to one python eating the other.

The Burmese python and the reticulated python are the only types of python found in Bangladesh and they are both on the ******* Nation’s Red List of threatened species.

The Burmese python grows up to 16 feet long and is found across Bangladesh. The reticulated python, the world’s longest, can grow up to 22 feet and is found in the eastern regions of Sylhet and Chittagong.

The border region in Chittagong between India and Myanmar is a biodiversity hotspot that is home to many species, including the two pythons.

This area is also home to lizards, rodents, monkeys, small carnivores, deer, and wild boar, all of which are potential prey for the snakes.

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French zoo workers hold a reticulated python (AFP via Getty)

Both pythons, native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, are found mostly in forest regions and occasionally in gardens and farms.

Scientists counted the chickens living on the Akiz Wildlife Farm and found that none had been eaten by either snake.

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Young Burmese pythons seen at an enclosure in Alipore Zoological Garden, Kolkata (AFP via Getty Images)

Based on these observations, scientists suspect that the rare incident was likely sparked by a ****** for territory.

“To the best of our knowledge, this observation represents the first documented predation of M reticulatus by P bivittatus,” they said.

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