Snake eats Hippo

[Willow Rosette]

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=724820707

I ran it through snopes and there were no matches but it is my first time with snopes so I could have done something wrong. But Wow that was cool!

[aluokaloo]

there's just no way, this has to be a hoax. It's a cool hoax though.

[Willow Rosette]

there's just no way, this has to be a hoax.

I figured snoaps would have it cause I agree. But either way it is a cool film.

[Catiana]

First I don't think a snake can eat a hippo, second, if it did, I don't think it would spit it back out. Gotta be fake

[Shanti]

That's not a hippo, its a capybara.
You can tell by the three toes on the back and the head shape and the leg width. The hair is wet and plastered down from the snakes saliva and stomach juices.

And large breed constrictors do take very large prey. That's well known.

From the looks of the video, it looks like they harassed the snake into regurgitating its dinner. Snakes will regurgitate if they get stressed and then they waste the food.

[Willow Rosette]

Oh Shanti you are such a kill joy. :lol: I was thinking it would be cool for a hippo.

[Shanti]

Sorry. :(

A capybara is pretty big, they go up to 140 pounds, the size of a goat or deer, but with a stout body and short legs. They average 1.6 ft high and 4 ft long. Heck thats 2 times the size of my Pygmy crosses/ND goats. :) My pure Pygmies are about the same size as the capybara.

Capybara's are a favorite food of the anaconda. In the video, it looks like an anaconda too. :)

[aluokaloo]

it was awfully fuzzy, I would never have even guessed it was a capy, good eye Shanti.

[RavensEye]

My son wants to watch the video again .... I just found that weird.

[Willow Rosette]

OK so can we pretend it is a hippo???:nyah:

[Shanti]

OK so can we pretend it is a hippo???:nyah:
:lol:

[Cindlady2]

They might have been trying to get it to "up-chuck" because they were worried what it might have eaten! Poor snake.

[Infinite Grey]

mmmm the harrassed the snake to spit out the capybara, probably for it's own good... that's one hell of a meal!

[kotu]

OK so can we pretend it is a hippo???:nyah:
No! I feel sick enough as it is! :lol:

[Catiana]

Good eye Shanti, I didn't even notice, I was so busy being skeptical.

[Willow Rosette]

No! I feel sick enough as it is! :lol:

Oh come on.....We could have a free the hippo thread right next to the free Paris Hilton thread.

[Annest]

Oh come on.....We could have a free the hippo thread right next to the free Paris Hilton thread.
_wedgie_ That would be cute! But IŽd prefer a "catch Paris and make her do tricks" thread...:hahugh:

[person of shadow]

That's not a hippo, its a capybara.
You can tell by the three toes on the back and the head shape and the leg width. The hair is wet and plastered down from the snakes saliva and stomach juices.

And large breed constrictors do take very large prey. That's well known.

From the looks of the video, it looks like they harassed the snake into regurgitating its dinner. Snakes will regurgitate if they get stressed and then they waste the food.
Exactly. And to add toy the reguritating thing.. Snakes will reguritate their food if they feel threatend and need to escape fast. A full snake tends to feel drowsy and slow.