Watch First-Ever Video of Python Swallowing Hyena

The rare kill underscores the incredible hunting skills of Africa’s largest snake, the African rock python.

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If any snake is going to kill a hyena, it's the rock python: Africa's largest snake, which can get up to 25 feet long and weigh up to 200 pounds, is notoriously aggressive. They're "so mean, they come out of the egg striking," Kenneth Krysko, senior herpetologist at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, said in a previous interview.

In its native habitat, sub-Saharan Africa, the African rock python eats small mammals, antelope, warthog, herons, and other animals.

In extraordinarily rare circumstances, the reptiles may even attack, constrict, or attempt to eat people.