Footage captured the incredible moment a "cannibal" cobra decided to turn on its own kind and devour a monster three-foot-long Burmese python in India.
"There's just a snake's head sitting there, the size of my head. I shined the flashlight back through the woods to see the body and couldn't even see the end of it," said 18-year-old Jack Cronin.
Higor Fiuza, a Rainbow Bay surfer who made waves on social media with clips of his surfing carpet python, has been fined $1,500 after the viral video of his pet reached wildlife officials.
UK grandfather Rob Byrne suffered minor injuries after wrestling with an 11-foot-long python, which climbed through the window of his conservatory and attacked him.
He reportedly saw what he thought was a diamond python, a nonvenomous species of constrictor that resides on Australia's east coast, and decided to bring it home.
"I knew immediately I was seeing something very special," she said. "I thought both might be dead until the gator opened an eye to look at me! Phew! Score one for the home team!"
A photo of a python lounging in a garage with a bulging belly has gone viral online, sparking fierce debate about the contents of the snake’s mystery meal.