A brave 5ft 2in pensioner tiptoed down to her kitchen in the pitch black armed with an oven tray to tackle a burglar – but instead met a giant 16ft python that she feared was going to Yorkshire ...

This giant snake died after swallowing a 30lb porcupine – which punctured its insides with its razor-sharp quills. The four-metre African rock python was found beneath a rocky ledge at Lake Eland Game ...

The antelope has fallen victim to a fair few predators on the plains of Africa. But it’s doubtful the likes of a lion or cheetah could ever swallow its kill whole. This incredible video shows an ...

A greedy snake's eyes were bigger than its belly as it swallowed a 13.8kg porcupine which ultimately proved to be its last meal. The giant African rock python, which was 3.9m long, thought that it had ...

A tourist stumbled across an unusual and gruesome sight in Kenya recently, when he discovered an enormous African rock python eating a hyena. Jos Bakker, a Dutch web designer, came across the snake ...

The African Rock Python with a porcupine in it's stomach Credit: Photo: Caters A tasty porcupine seemed like an ideal meal for a peckish African rock python, but it proved to be a case of the snake ...

This representational image shows a python on a tree inside his enclosure at the Dhupguri snake park in India, Feb. 8, 2006. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri A Queensland, Australia, family was shocked to ...