Carpet python discovered with platypus in its mouth in Australian creek
Plant enthusiast Darren Williams made the discovery in Marys Creek State Forest just west of Gympie in Queensland.
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The male platypus was freshly killed, probably after what would have been a fierce struggle with the ambush predator. Williams and his companion Elliot Bowerman photographed the roughly 2-metre long carpet python with its jaw firmly clasped around the platypus before quickly moving on. ’We didn’t want to disturb the snake,’ Bowerman said
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