SWALLOWING THE PREY. 



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disgorge their prey if irritated or alarmed. Naturally the 

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





Fig. 2.,.— a bouth Atrican (Python scba) 17 teet in length, basking in the 

 sun. Photographed in its native habitat. 



with which it became covered during the swallowing process, 

 and while in the digestive tract, 



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

 Duiker Buck {Cephalophus grimmi). When out hunting one day 



