Comments on: Brutal Do Not Watch If Easily Upset: Python Swallows Chick Alive

By: John Goodrow

John Goodrow — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:04:05 +0000

Yeah, seems strange. My buddy had one when we were kids and I never seen it eat anything alive.

By: Rats

Rats — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:26:13 +0000

Another dead chicken does it really matter?

By: Birdddog

Birdddog — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:49:44 +0000

side of wings with the rat

By: OntOs

OntOs — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:44:20 +0000

ya know there is a reason why pythons and the like KILL their praey BEFORE they eat them. Look at it this way, most of the time said prey isnt moving about or anything so the possibility of any damage to the Python’s internals are slim. Now you’ve got live prey which will move about and possibly damage the Python itself, there’s irony for ya ;)Pretty lame move on the snake owner IMHO.

By: vehement

vehement — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:07:23 +0000

Weird. Mother Nature’s brutal. So be it. Anyone watch the other videos. This things swallows some baby pigs too.

By: 0311YutYut

0311YutYut — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:49:24 +0000

Hahahaha, i was expecting a video of a snake swallowing a chick (girl). Just a chicken? That’s not bad.

By: ukatheist

ukatheist — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:31:28 +0000

i have had a few chicks swallowing my python

By: ukatheist

ukatheist — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:34:00 +0000

and i’m baffled as well

By: vince

vince — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:27:52 +0000

lol, kinda makes me feel like not eating another chicken again..but that is what i said when i saw “super size me”

By: Atom&Yves

Atom&Yves — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:52:21 +0000

Yeah, constrictors kill their prey first by squeezing it to death, before moving the prey around to be swallowed head first. This is to avoid hangups on any appendages that would interfere with the swallowing process.

By: Atom&Yves

Atom&Yves — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:55:11 +0000

Constrictors kill their prey first by squeezing it to death, before moving the prey around to be swallowed head first. This is to avoid hangups on any appendages that would interfere with the swallowing process. The owner/cameraman definitely had a hand in choreographing this shoot.

By: Caligula

Caligula — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:56:21 +0000

too bad it wasn’t rosie o’donnel getting eaten. but i doubt the python could unhinge it’s jaw that far

By: alex

alex — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:30:48 +0000

some pythons in captivity will not constrict their prey at all i guess its just laziness. i have a young carpet python who just cruises up to her meal opens her mouth and puts her jaws around it then proceeds to swallow it.