Sometimes, even in our dog-eat-dog world, particularly epic meals catch our attention. A albino ball python that recently sᴡᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ a 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 crocodile near a river.
The albino ball snake was seen sᴛʀᴀɴɢʟɪɴɢ the 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 crocodile ᴜɴᴛɪʟ it sᴜꜰꜰᴏᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ. After the ᴘʀᴇʏ completely stopped moving, the snake began to sᴡᴀʟʟᴏᴡ the ᴘʀᴇʏ, starting with the crocodile’s head. After finishing its meal, the python slithered into the river and swam to find a safe hiding place to digest the meal
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These ball pythons were the first proven recessive mutation of the ball python species. As albinism is a recessive trait – this means that its genes are easily dominated. Much like blue eyes in humans, which is why we commonly see more brown eyes, a dominant trait.
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The amelanistic trait means that the snake has a lack of melanin. Brown, black, and red pigmentation cannot be produced in the scales. This leads to the white, yellow, or light orange coloration that we see in albino ball pythons.
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Albino Ball Pythons Aren’t Always White. Although the classic white and yellow coloring of this snake is the most popular and common of the albino ball pythons, other pale colorations of this snake exist and are arguably even more beautiful.
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Ball pythons, albinos included, only grow to about three feet in length, or five feet if they’re lucky. Hatchlings usually emerge at around a foot long and stop growing about three years later, when they reach 𝓈ℯ𝓍ual maturity.
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A python’s strong body can sǫᴜᴇᴇᴢᴇ much larger animals to ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ, including dogs and deer. The snake’s ᴄʀᴜsʜɪɴɢ ɢʀɪᴘ can ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ribs and ᴄʜᴏᴋᴇ their ᴘʀᴇʏ to ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ, making pythons formidable ᴏᴘᴘᴏɴᴇɴᴛs.
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But an crocodile has the strongest bite force ever measured, ᴄʀᴜsʜɪɴɢ their ᴘʀᴇʏ with the strength of 3,700 pounds per square inch. When an crocodile gets something in its mouth, it’s nearly impossible to get it to let go.
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Both Pʀᴇᴅᴀᴛᴏʀs have their own strengths, depending on many factors including the overall size of each species that we can predict who will win the ʙᴀᴛᴛʟᴇ. In this case, we can see the size of the python is much larger than the crocodile so it is normal for the crocodile to be ᴅᴇꜰᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ.
