Greedy snake eats wallaby on golf course

Snakes. They're rubbish aren't they. All slithery and sneaky. Well, this one's out done himself, eating a wallaby in the middle of the 17th fairway at Paradise Palms Golf Course in Queensland, Australia, in front of stunned golfers.

The wallaby, who had been minding his own business, looking cute and taking in the golf action, was attacked by the 4m scrub python which jumped out of a tree. That's when everything kicked off.

Robert Willemse, who was preparing to hit his approach shot to the penultimate hole of the day was undettered by the carnage and he, along with the rest of his four ball, carried on regardless. That's Australians for you. Seen it all they have.

The scrub python, Australia's longest snake, often ambushes prey by hiding in trees or long grass.

Willemse, a club member for almost 10 years, said the snake was spotted wrapped around the marsupial in the middle of the fairway.

"Everybody was pretty surprised. It's quite an unusual thing to see," he told the BBC. "I was only there for about five minutes, but I heard that the snake did manage to swallow the wallaby and rolled into a dry creek."

Well that's allright, then. At least he had a decent dinner.

Dan Natusch, a biologist from the University of Sydney, said it was not unusual for a scrub python to eat a wallaby.

"They're arguably Australia's largest terrestrial predator, larger than a dingo," he said. "Scrub pythons don't see us as prey but you should exercise caution insofar as they have very sharp teeth and you don't want to be bitten."

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