If this snake looks a little out of shape, there's a very good reason for its swollen tummy.
It's just swallowed a pet dog, together with its collar and name tag.
Owner Patty Buntine was mystified when her three-year-old Maltese terrier cross Bindi disappeared from her home in Katherine, in Australia's northern territory. But a quick maths calculation by a professional snake catcher soon provided the answer.
The 10-foot long olive python with the enormously bulging tummy weighed 35lb. Usually it would weigh about 21lb, meaning that whatever it had swallowed weighed 14lb - roughly the size of poor little Bindi.
There is one more piece of compelling evidence. Since the snake showed up in Ms Buntine's back yard Bindi hasn't been seen.
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