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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fancy a plate of fangers and mash? Some researchers say python farms on a commercial scale could provide sustainable alternative protein Dr Daniel Natusch has eaten python in almost every way ...

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 ...