Snake bites off more than it can chew

The 6m rock python struggled to digest the antelope
The 6m rock python struggled to digest the antelope

Ever been so hungry you could eat an antelope?

A 6m rock python in the Indian state of Gujarat certainly was.

Residents found the snake lying in a field, clearly uncomfortable. They informed the Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary, who took it into care.

It died soon after whilst trying to regurgitate the antelope. Snakes are often unable to move after a big feed - and this was a particularly big feed, even if it was only a youngster - and resort to vomiting so they can escape threats.

"It succumbed to the internal injuries caused by the blue bull," deputy conservator R Senthilkumaran told the Times of India.

The blue bull antelope is the largest found in Asia.

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