Feeding Time *dead animal*

[doenoe]

So it was feeding time again for my snake, Spot. But this time it was a bit different:
#1

#2 She tagged the rat as she normally does

#3 Weird thing was, she started eating beginning with the front legs. I thought, she will manouvre around a bit and get the head then.

#4 But then i saw this. Whats wrong with it? Well, you can see both the butt and the nose of the rat.

#5 She folded the rat and i bet you can imagine, thats not an easy way to eat.

#6 I thought she wasnt able to get the rat down here throat, when positioned like this.

#7 But i was wrong, as soon as the head went in, it folded back to the original position and she could swallow the rest of the rat the normal way

And after a big meal, comes a big yawn

Got a bigger resolution of the last one, you can see it HERE

Thanks for looking
Greetz Daan

 

[lostprophet]

what a little beauty that snake is
and the high res one is great

 

[heip]

Cool series. #7 is a cool example of DOF.

 

[Mike Jordan]

Maybe she was folding the rat like that to squeeze out any excess air?

Nice shots.

Mike

 

[nossie]

Number 7 Hi Res is a beauty.

 

[tedgtfan]

what a little beauty that snake is
and the high res one is great

Is the Hi-res a lens, camera or post production thing?

 

[jwkwd]

Perhaps "spot" thinks that eating a folded over rat is like a taco?

 

[doenoe]

thanks for the comments everyone
She sure is a beauty and still growing. Think she is about 1 meter now, weighing almost 1 kg.
A taco eh, yeah maybe its a hint that she wants something different to eat
And "Hi-Res" is high resolution. So the picture contains more pixels then the one posted here, thus being bigger so you can see more details.

 

[Lucas_Y]

Great pictures! Ball python?

 

[doenoe]

thanks
And yes, thats a ball python.