This provide a much better view of the Python than my cell phone camera did. Our guides say that this was about an 18 foot python. We were a little too late to see the takedown. Once the impala had died, the python uncoiled and we thought it was going to swallow the impala. However, by that time, there were about 20-25 vehicles and the guides think that the vibrations scared the python away. We came back after lunch to see if it was swallowing the impala, but there was nothing there - no python, no impala. Something took it away. The video shows the rest of the impala "herd" waiting around and trying to do what they can to get the python off of their family.
Sweet!! We hadn't expected this and the park rangers say that they haven't seen a python take down an impala in over 50 years.
Thanks to Rachel Wolff for this totally sweet video. You can hear some of the commentary and see the other impalas.
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