Python Devours Crocodile In Lake Moondarra; Watch Shocking Images Of 4-Hour Battle Between Animals [VIDEO]

This is probably the most impressive thing you’ll see all week. A 10-foot python engaged in a 5-hour long battle with a fresh water Johnson’s crocodile in Australia’s Lake Moondarra in Queensland. Tiffany Corlis was just in the area when she came across this nature’s unbelievable scene. "Our local canoe club had a race meet on the lake - the battle was actually taking place at their finish line," Corlis told Sky News.

"We went down to the water's edge, by that stage the croc was still alive and was fighting to keep its head above water. The snake was firmly wrapped around the croc.” “[The crocodile] was fighting at the start, it was trying to keep its head out of water and survive,” she told ABC Australia. “But as the morning progressed you could tell both of them were getting a little weaker as the struggle was going on. Finally the croc sort of gave in.”

"When the snake finally did kill the croc, it dragged it to the bank and consumed it in around 15 minutes. They had quite the struggle in the water. We were just standing there in amazement watching it." National Geographic spoke to Terry Phillip, curator of reptiles at Reptile Gardens in Rapid City, South Dakota and he said, “Olive snakes are known for being phenomenally powerful, pound for pound, and for feeding on large food items.”

He added that snakes “are very sensitive to their prey's heartbeat.” “Normally a python will constrict until the animal asphyxiates and the heart stops. But crocs can go a long time without oxygen. In this case I'd guess that the snake constricted with such force that it compressed the chest cavity until the croc's heart had no room to beat. So the croc probably died of cardiac arrest rather than suffocation.”

“It was just unbelievable,” Tiffany Corlis commented. “We were sort of thinking the snake had bitten off a little more than it could chew, pardon the pun, but it did actually eat the crocodile.” Corlis said the battle lasted about five hours. She said the snake ate the crocodile whole. “When you actually looked at the snake, you could actually see the crocodile’s ridges, legs and everything inside its belly,” Corlis explained.

Watch the impressive video below.