A gluttonous python died after it was stuck in a fence because it got too fat after gorging itself on a local dog.
Photos have surfaced online of a snake, spanning at least six feet, that died trapped between a metal fence in Delta State, Nigeria.
The tight iron bars squeezed the python to death, whose belly was enlarged after it had swallowed a poor dog.
A gluttonous python died after it got stuck in a fence because it became too fat after eating a large local dog in Delta State, Nigeria
Facebook user ‘Hon Johnbull Cleopas’ posted photos of the reptile online after he discovered it nearby his work site. When he cut open the snake’s stomach he found a ‘big’ dog
The snaps were taken by Facebook user ‘Hon Johnbull Cleopas’, who admitted that he was frightened of the python before finding out it was already dead when he stumbled upon it.
The incident took place near his work site in the oil and agricultural producing area of south-western Nigeria.
Sharing the pictures online, he said: ‘Glory b 2 God Almighty… I went 2 my site dis morning 2 do little work & stumbled into dis Serpent already trapped dead in my fence… (sic)’
Mr Cleopas said he was shocked to find the huge animal and called over others to inspect the carcass.
The python is believed to be more than six feet in length. It died caught in between a fence’s iron bars after it could not squeeze its enlarged body through
Mr Cleopas said he called others to come see the snake before burning it
Other images show the animal with its stomach cut open, revealing its last meal – a ‘big’ dog.
Mr Cleopas posted the pictures online in late July but the images of the non-venomous constrictor snake are now going viral after they recently surfaced in local news reports.
Several social media users said they felt bad for the python, explaining that it was a rather stupid way to die.
User ‘Amyh Emburu’ said: ‘What an absurd death… Poor python! It was a big glutton, I think… ‘
And ‘Huma Haku’ added: ‘It was rather a fool…’
Mr Cleopas said he called his neighbours to see the snake before burning the reptile.