Python Swallows 11 Guard Dogs

by Jordan Yerman | February 2, 2007 at 09:50 am

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For this commentator, the real story lies in the villagers' not killing the snake for the crime of simply being a snake. Like the song sort of says, "My (Shedding) Skin is My Sin".

Guard dogs protecting a fruit orchard in Malaysia have met their match - a 7.1-metre long python that swallowed at least 11 hounds before it was finally discovered by villagers.

"I was shocked to see such a huge python," orchard-keeper Ali Yusof told the New Straits Times.

The paper published a picture of the captured snake, which was almost long enough to span the width of a tennis court and as thick as a tree trunk.

Villagers did not harm the snake, but tied it to a tree and then handed it to wildlife officials, the paper said today.