The wrangler also answered the question of the hour – what did the snake eat? “The photo angle does make the python look bigger, but I think it ate a big brush-tailed possum,” McKenzie said.

Pythons eat infrequently and can go as long as a year or two in the wild without any food. When they do eat, they eat a large meal that could be bigger than they are, like swallowing an antelope ...

Some snakes prefer to eat amphibians, like frogs and arthropods, like spiders, or everything from ant and termite eggs to soft-bodied earthworms. Others prefer mammals, like mice, all the way up to ...

According to the study, it only took 24 hours after eating a large meal for the python heart to become much less stiff. [Related: Stressed rattlesnakes just need a little help from their friends ...

FWC:Python snake species in general have been known to be able to go a long time without eating a meal, known as fasting, some species of pythons have been recorded going years without a meal ...