That is definitely a large lunch...python captured gulping down huge possum in Australia

A woman on a stroll in eastern Australia looked up and was “amazed” to discover a python consuming a possum while hanging out of a tree.

Michelle Hunjak, from Sydney, was visiting Byron Bay, a popular coastal holiday town, when she spotted the carpet python eating a ringtail possum.  The snake reportedly took fifteen minutes to finish its meal.

“I was more intrigued and excited rather than scared,” Ms Hunjak told Channel Nine.  

“I really love snakes so it was amazing to see the feeding in person. I had no idea they would be able to eat something like that.”

Images of the scene went viral on social media, prompting comments such as “Let's teach the snakes how to be vegans”.

Carpet pythons are common in Australia but are not venomous. They can grow to more than ten feet in length.

Daniel Rumsey, from the Australian Reptile Park, said large pythons could consume creatures seven times as big as their head.

“They aren’t venomous but they have teeth, so they’ll use their teeth and their constrictions to consume their prey,” he told Channel Nine.

“It is pretty common for pythons to feed on possums, as larger food items are more beneficial so they don’t have to eat as regularly. They love trees, people’s houses and suburban areas in general.”

In 2014, onlookers in the state of Queensland were shocked to see a snake battling a crocodile. 

The five-hour battle ended in victory for the water python which then began the long process of consuming the three-foot reptile.