A fascinating series of pictures have captured a python snake eating a king parrot in one bite. The images, taken in Agnes Waters, Queensland, show how the snake constricts and eats its prey.

A new species of parrot snake lay undetected for nearly nine years in a scientific collection in Brazil. It closely resembled related species with bright green and yellow tones. But one detail set ...

"Going off the size of the king parrot — they're a decent-sized bird — I'd say [the snake was] between 1.5 and two metres long." King parrots can reach more than 40 centimetres in length.