Indian rock python (Python molurus) is a non-venomous constrictor snake. It generally grows to a length of 2 to 4.5 metres. It can eat anything, from frogs, monitor lizards, birds, rodents, deer, wild pigs, hare, porcupines to langur and sometimes, even leopards.

A python is not a fast mover and stalks its prey until it catches it.

Once close enough to its prey, the constrictor strikes at lightning speed and grabs the victim by biting it and instantly coils itself around the struggling animal.

When the coils are secure, the python moves its own head away till the prey suffocates to death. All this is achieved in a span of milliseconds.

The two commando stripes along a python’s face with a mottled design on its skin breaks its body outline, camouflaging it efficiently amidst dry leaves.

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