2-25-08
Two children got quite a scare outside their home in Queensland, Australia, after a 16-foot python devoured their pet dog.

The boy and girl, ages 5 and 7, stood helpless and horrified as the snake ate their silky terrier-Chihuahua. The family had seen the snake in the dog’s bed before, a sign that the snake was purposefully stalking the pet. They said it had been lurking around the home for several days,

Stuart Douglas, who owns the Australian Venom Zoo in Kuranda, stated that the snake was a scrub python which typically eat wild animals. They sometimes turn to pets as a food supply in urban areas. Large pythons and other Anaconda’s have sometimes been known to eat small children, usually in parts of Africa or South America.