Australian longest python eating Wallaby at course in Far North Queensland. The incident happened on the 17th fairway at Paradise Palms Golf Course in Cairns at the weekend.
Australian golfers have watched a 4m scrub python swallow a wallaby at a course in Far North Queensland.
Scrub python, Australia‘s longest snake, often ambushes prey by hiding in trees or long grass.
A course manager said the display did not deter golfers from finishing their rounds.
Australian longest python eating Wallaby at course in Far North Queensland.
Robert Willemse, a club member for almost 10 years, said the snake was spotted wrapped around the marsupial in the middle of the fairway.
Everybody was pretty surprised. It’s quite an unusual thing to see,” he told the heightpost.com.
I was only there for about five minutes, but I heard that the snake did manage to swallow the wallaby and rolled into a dry creek.
A club spokesman told the Cairns Post newspaper that locals used to seeing various wildlife on the “rainforest-style” course.
Dan Natusch, a biologist from the University of Sydney, said it was not unusual for a scrub python to eat a wallaby.
They’re arguably Australia’s largest terrestrial predator, larger than a dingo,” he told the heightpost.com.
Mr Natusch said the non-venomous species did not pose a major threat to humans.
Scrub pythons don’t see us as prey,” he said. Exercise caution insofar as they very sharp teeth and you don’t want to bitten.
Australian longest python eating Wallaby at course in Far North Queensland.
Spokesman told the Cairns Post newspaper that locals used to seeing various wildlife on the “rainforest-style” course.
Dan Natusch, a biologist from the University of Sydney, said it was not unusual for a scrub python to eat a wallaby.
Mr Natusch said the non-venomous species did not pose a major threat to humans.
