A slithery creature has enjoyed quite the Easter feast while stunning visitors at a popular beach over the recent long weekend.
Passers-by were stopped in their tracks when they witnessed a carpet python devour a possum at Noosa Main Beach on Easter Sunday.
Heidi Andrews told Sunshine Coast News said it happened about 2pm near the Seahaven resort.
She captured a video of the “massive” snake, which was spotted in a pandanus tree hanging over the boardwalk.
“A large crowd watched on as massive python feasted on (a) possum,” Ms Andrews said.
“There was a huge crowd when I arrived, and the possum was already half swallowed.
“Everybody stood back a bit, maybe afraid the snake could fall on them.
“I stood directly underneath the python to get a good film.”
Pythons and other snakes are not unusual around the Noosa Main Beach and Hastings Street area, with many reported sightings over the years.
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Sunday’s occurrence happened almost a year to the day since a photo of python wrapped around a tree branch went viral on social media.
On April 22, 2024, a snake was photographed near Noosa Main Beach on a branch that had collapsed under its weight.
A post to a local Facebook group at the time garnered more than 4400 likes and 1300 comments.
According to the Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 website, carpet pythons grow to be the largest snake found on the Sunshine Coast.
The average size is 2m but they can grow to about 3.5m in length, with some reaching 4m.
In Queensland snakes are protected under the Nature Conservation Act and it is an offence to kill, injure or take snakes from the wild.
