A python in Australia had a bad run of luck after a larger snake came along and stole the python's meal before ultimately eating the python itself.

A python in Australia had a bad run of luck after a larger snake came along and stole the python's meal before ultimately eating the python itself.

Researchers were able to get their tracker back after a 25-day wait for the native cottonmouth snake to digest the invasive Burmese python.

This allows the a python to digest prey that is much larger than the snake is, according to a study published in 2013 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.