The Australian crocodile never had a chance.
During a five-hour battle in northern Queensland, a snake wrestled, constricted, and finally ate a crocodile on Sunday. The 10-foot-long serpent鈥攖hought to be 鈥攚rapped itself around the croc as the two fought in the water.
The snake then dragged its prey to land and began to consume it鈥攚hole. The meal lasted only about 15 minutes. 聽聽聽
“It was amazing,” Tiffany Corlis, a local author who saw the fight, . “We saw the snake 鈥 roll the crocodile around to get a better grip and coil its body around the crocodile’s legs to hold it tight. 鈥 After the crocodile had died, the snake uncoiled itself, came around to the front, and started to eat the crocodile, face first.鈥澛
Some of the world鈥檚 most dangerous snakes live in Queensland, as do saltwater crocodiles. According to snake expert Bryan Fry, these face-offs between the two predators aren鈥檛 uncommon.
鈥淐rocs are more dangerous to catch [than rodents], but easier to sneak up on,鈥 . 鈥淯p in Kakadu, for example, they feed heavily on small rodents, but that鈥檚 not to say they won鈥檛 take the crocs as well.鈥 聽
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