Dinner in Arizona

[Seer]

These pictures were taken by one of the road crew at Cloudbreak ,Arizona last week.

It took a total of 5 hours for the Desert King Snake to finish off the Goanna. (Sand Monitor).

As you can see, they put some signage up so it wouldn't be run over.

 

[Mark]

That's very cool. Thanks for sharing.

That's one big pen crawling away... :biggrin:

 

[Seer]

A BIG BIG BIG BEN Cigar lol

 

[PaulDoug]

Glad I don't have to work that hard for dinner! Thanks for posting.

 

[thetalbott4]

Whew. At first I thought someone had taken pictures of me at a barbeque. Somebody should had thrown him a few tums. I'm betting in a few days it's gonna be a similar struggle but at the other end of the snake. lol.

 

[Oldwagon]

That makes my stomach hurt.

 

[HSTurning]

Snake is lucky he didnt pop. Thats a big meal. I was told that alot of the problem is not getting it down but getting it out. It could still pass, passing it.
Takes my snake about 7-10 days to pass its food. This should be more in the 10 day area I would think.
Good thing if he live. He wont "need" to eat again for 6 month to a year. But I bet he is trying in a month.

 

[snyiper]

I just get over the distortion of the head while eating. Mine doesnt tend to overextend like that but they are fed regularly....

 

[B727phixer]

Awesome!:biggrin:

 

[ldb2000]

Looks like my teenage son at dinner time :biggrin:

 

[wudnhed]

I'm surprised he could even crawl away after that meal..........amazing!

 

[GoodTurns]

Looks like my teenage son at dinner time :biggrin:

Got one of those, too...I think I have seen his lower jaw detach when eating primal meat cuts...

 

[cschimmel]

Not quite from AZ but cool either way.
http://www.azreptiles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11838

 

[Toni]

5 hours!! did you actually stay the whole time to photograph the meal?

Being from Jersey/New York State I cant even imagine seeing this, the photos are mind blowing!! Is this common to see in Arizona... How does a snake catch somethig that big to eat?? sorry for the stupid questions..just blows me away!!

 

[Seer]

I got it from a friend who titled it but I wish I could have been there looks like alot of blanks to me lol

 

[Seer]

Out west here that is what we call a politician

 

[snyiper]

Toni The snakes are very adept at stalking their prey. Snakes go mainly on tempature to locate them thats what they use the flicking tongue for. I imagine the Monitor was basking in the sun probably asleep. The snake is not Venomous he is a constrictor so he bites and wraps up his meal, as the lizard exhales with each breath the snake tightens down a bit more until it is suffocated then the snake will dislocate his lower jaw and swallow it whole to digest.

 

[THarvey]

Those could habe been a lot of really nice snake skin and lizard skin pen blanks.

 

[JohnDixon]

Looks like my teenage son at dinner time :biggrin:

Crap, I just spit soda all over my laptop! Awesome pics by the way.

 

[Ligget]

WOW, cool pictures, that snake is going to be constipated for weeks! LOL

 

[Rfturner]

My brother had two snakes, one a Ball Python and the other a California King snake with papers(native to Cali so you need the paper work to show it is not wild), Knowing how snakes eat I am suprised that that snake attepmted such large prey, any larger and it would have probably regurgitated it