Pair of 10-Foot Carpet Pythons Captured on Video; Snakes Caught on Cam Writhing on the Floor, Grappling Each Other

Two massive male carpet pythons have been captured on film while wrestling over a female in a barbaric brawl.

The footage was filmed in Queensland, Australia, a Newsweek report said, and later shared via TikTok by Jake Stinson, a snake catcher running Jake's Reptile Relocations.

In the footage, the 10-foot snakes can be watched writhing on the floor and grappling each other to exhaustion. The snake catcher described them as "huge, about as long and certainly as thick as they ever get."

He added it is quite cool to witness and fascinating to watch. It sounds incredible, as well, he continued. More so, the snakes let out deep hisses throughout the video. The sound, Stinson said, is "similar to a truck's exhaust."

Carpet Pythons

In a similar Technical Earn report, it was specified that the adult snakes are usually between six to 10 feet long, the snake expert explained.

As constrictions, they may attempt to suffocate their opponent, although due to the smoothness of their scales, they can constantly slip out of each other's grip.

He also said that the snakes could not injure their opponent. Instead, they only tire them out. They go at it for absolute hours, pushing the heads of each other down and gripping quite hard at times to subdue their challenger.

The pythons were named after the unique pattern on their scales, resembling an oriental carpet. Their coloring is highly unstable, ranging from olive to black, and the pattern can be extremely complex, a Queensland Museum statement specified.

The Most Popular Snake Breed

The Queensland government website describes carpet pythons as one of the most popular breeds of snakes to keep as pets, Stinson explained.

They are very common in the wild throughout mainland Australia, as well as in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Yule Island. One in three Queensland roofs is believed to have a python in them.

Fortunately, carpet pythons are not venomous. Rather, they are ambush predators, killing prey by constriction. What's killing them, explained the snake catcher, is, in fact, cutting off the brain's blood circulation.

They frequently eat rats and other vermin, and thus, they perform a helpful service to homeowners.

Harmless But May Suffocate House Pets

While the snakes are typically harmless, some reports of carpet pythons eat family pets.

Last year, a massive python suffocated a pet cat in Buderim, Queensland. Tiny dogs, guinea pigs, and chickens have also been victims because of the powerful coils of the pythons.

Females are inclined to be more massive than males, frequently weighing four times as much. This is due to the fact that they need huge supplies of fat to support their eggs.

For the eggs to stay warm, the female will wrap herself around the clutch and produce heat through muscle contractions, which use a lot of energy. Lastly, the pythons are inclined to breed in late summer and early fall.

Related information about carpet pythons is shown on Olympus Reptiles' YouTube video below:

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