SWALLOWING THE PREY. 



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prey if irritated or alarmed. Naturally the 

 cast-up body of the victim is covered with a shmy secretion 



disgorge their 



Fig. 29. — A South African {Python scba) 17 feet in length, basking in the 

 sun. Photographed in its native habitat. 



with which it became covered during the swallo\ving process, 

 and while in the digestive tract. 



A large Python can swallow an animal the size of a full-grown 

 Duiker Buck (Cephalophus grinimi). When out hunting one day 



