It’s not often we look at a photo of a snake and find it relatable, but we can totally identify with this python.
With a bulging tum that screams, “I’ve got eyes bigger than my belly”, the swollen serpent was discovered by villagers in Lam Hau Tsuen yesterday, sunning itself in a field after a spot of lunch.
The chubby bubby, with a water bottle for comparison. Screenshot: Apple Daily
Apple Daily published photos from a reader which showed the 10-foot-long python luxuriating in some grass next to a farm.
Judging by its proximity to the farm’s goats (and its muffin top… no judgement, just respect), the snake is suspected by witnesses to have swallowed an unsuspecting goat whole.
Fearing it would eat more of their animals, farm staff decided to move the creature. However, as the beast was so bloated, it took the combined efforts of four men to carry the snake off into the hillside.
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