Biting off more than you can chew: Attempted predation on a human by a giant snake (Simalia amethistina),Austral Ecology

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Biting off more than you can chew: Attempted predation on a human by a giant snake (Simalia amethistina)
Austral Ecology ( IF 1.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-06 , DOI: 10.1111/aec.12956
Daniel Natusch _{1,

2} , Jessica Lyons ₂ , Lea‐Ann Mears ₃ , Richard Shine ₁

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On 10 March 2014, a radio‐tracked Australian scrub python (Simalia amethistina) made a predatory attack on a 64 kg sleeping woman. The snake was unsuccessful, but data from our radio‐tracking programme suggest that predation attempts on oversized prey are not uncommon – even if they threaten the survival of the predator. We explore hypotheses about why snakes attempt to consume such large meals.

中文翻译：

咬人比你所能咀嚼的要多：巨蛇（Simalia amethistina）企图捕食人类

2014年3月10日，一枚由澳大利亚跟踪的澳大利亚磨砂蟒蛇（Simalia amethistina）对一名体重64公斤的熟睡中的妇女进行了掠食性袭击。这条蛇没有成功，但是从我们的无线电跟踪程序获得的数据表明，对大型猎物的捕食尝试并不少见，即使它们威胁着捕食者的生存。我们探索关于蛇为何尝试食用如此大量食物的假设。

更新日期：2020-10-06

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