Rhombic or Common Egg-Eater Dasypeltis scabra

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A Common or Rhombic Egg Eater has just swallowed a quails egg and is about to crush against boney protusions on the spine and squeeze the contents down its throat and then it will regurgitate the crushed shell

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Size: 5200px × 3477px
Location: Bulawayo Zimbabwe.
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves; Agfa Awards Winner / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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