Ajmer : A 15 feet long giant python swallowed a Nilgai calf weighing about 20 kg. After swallowing the prey, the python hid itself in the bushes. The shepherds present nearby informed the forest department officials.
This is an incident from Beawar district of Rajasthan. A python was sitting behind the Shikarbadi near Bar village in Raipur subdivision. When the nearby villagers were grazing their cattle, a buffalo unknowingly reached close to the python while grazing. Suddenly the python attacked the buffalo on feeling threatened. The buffalo ran away from there. When the shepherd saw this incident, he immediately reached the spot and found a huge python sitting in the bushes there. The shepherd made noise and alerted all the nearby shepherds. Within no time, a crowd of villagers gathered at the spot.
Everyone had the same thought that which creature did this python swallow? Later, the villagers informed Rajendra Kumar Kasana, the officer of Sendra forest range. Snake catcher Surendra Singh from the forest range reached the spot in Beawar. Snake catcher Surendra Singh said, as soon as they went close to rescue the python, it became aggressive and tried to bite again and again. He said that despite the python being a heavy prey, it kept trying to bite by jumping up to 1 meter. After a lot of hard work, the python was controlled. The python started struggling a lot in an attempt to escape. To lighten up or to escape, it spat out the swallowed prey.
Where it was found that the python had swallowed a Nilgai calf. The villagers told that while grazing their cattle, they had seen a herd of Nilgai and a calf was also with them. Perhaps this python had hunted that calf. Also, snake catcher Surendra Singh told that the python was so heavy that with the help of four people, they put it in a sack and brought it to the side of the road. It was put in a jeep and left in the dense forest. He also told that after hunting the Nilgai, the python’s weight had become around 45 kg. Snake catcher Surendra Singh bit Surendra Singh’s hand. Snake catcher Surendra Singh told that during the rescue, the python bit his finger while putting it in the sack. He told that despite wearing gloves, the python’s attack was very fast and its teeth were very sharp. Due to which it reached the fingers tearing the layer of the gloves. After the bite, there was a lot of bleeding from his hand. The snake catcher was taken to the hospital for first aid and he is now healthy.
