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Last month at the Marakele National Park in South Africa, Wildlife photographer and guide Michelle Sole captured a stunning footage. A herd of impalas’ cries alerted her about the presence of a predator. And that is when she came across a rare sight of the python enjoying its meal.
Wildlife photographer and guide Michelle said, ‘We noticed the herd were staring at the ground and when we got closer we found a small, motionless impala with a four meter rock python wrapped around its fragile body. A few minutes later the herd moved away leaving the snake with her prize, but we looked on fascinated as she continued to squeeze despite the lack of life left in the poor lamb’s body. The mother impala returned and came close to her baby, distraught and calling in alarm but there was nothing she could do. When the snake was confident the lamb was dead it released its grip and then locked its jaws around the lamb’s nose and moved it into the undergrowth to swallow it whole.’
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