Diamond python (Morelia spilota spilota) suffocating a rabbit (Lepus curpaeums). This python is native to south-eastern Australia. It kills its prey b

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Diamond python (Morelia spilota spilota) suffocating a rabbit (Lepus curpaeums). This python is native to south-eastern Australia. It kills its prey by constricting and suffocating it.

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