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cast-up body of the victim is covered with a slimy secretion 
with which it became covered during the swallowing process, 
and while in the digestive tract. 
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Fic. 28.—A South African (Python sebe) 17 feet in length, basking in the 
sun. Photographed in its native habitat. 
A large Python can swallow an animal the size of a full-grown 
Duiker Buck (Cephalophus grimmi). When out hunting one day 
in Natal with a friend, we came across a huge Python in a small 
