Hungry dugite eats tiger snake
A Denmark man has taken some amazing photos of a snake eating another snake.
Basil Powley was riding his quad bike spraying lilies on his William Bay property when he came across the cannibal serpent.
Mr Powley said seeing snakes on his property was not unusual but he was surprised at the size of this snake, until he took a closer look.
“I got off my bike and I thought, he’s a big bastard,” he said.
“As I got closer, I thought it looked like it had two bloody tails.”
Mr Powley realised it was big dugite with a tiger snake down its throat.
The dugite was measured at 1.7m while Mr Powley estimated the tiger was almost one metre long.
“I took them up to my workshop and got my wife Bev to come down with a camera,” Mr Powley said.
Meanwhile, the Department of Parks and Wildlife is reminding people to be aware that snake activity is on the rise with warmer spring weather.
Wildlife officer Emma Lipianin said snake encounters would increase as reptiles emerged from winter hibernation to bask in the sun.
A dugite swallowing a tiger snake. Picture: Basil Powley
