A python that hasn’t eaten in over a year has been filmed on an Indonesian island devouring a deer that has been separated from the herd. Even a very vigilant snake manages to approach them, attacks and captures the animal in its jaws.

The animal then wraps its body around the deer and prevents it from escaping. The spiral coils of the snake are tightened, which makes the prey suffocate easily. So she can savor it for hours. Information taken from the AZ-Animals website.

A hungry python devours a deer in an Indonesian forest. Photo: reproduction

A deer that weighs more than 27 kg is swallowed slowly thanks to the snake’s jaw ligaments, which are extremely flexible, making the animal fit entirely in the python’s mouth.

Python snake and people

There are reports of a reticulated snake killing and swallowing a human. In 2018, a 54-year-old woman named Chiba was swallowed by a python on Muna Island, Sulawesi Province, also in Indonesia.