SINGAPORE - A reticulated python swallowed a 6kg pet cat roaming the condominium compound of its owner's house in Tanah Merah. Teacher Angel Low, 28, feared the worst when her cat, Ben, did not return home on Monday (Aug 29) night, after she learnt that a reticulated python with a bulging belly had been caught earlier that day. 'Ben usually...
Ben the tabby cat was discovered to have been eaten by a reticulated python, which was removed by Acres on Aug 30. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF ANGEL LOW
"Ben usually comes back when my mum calls him. We suspected that something was wrong when we saw the python's belly in a video shared by other residents and immediately contacted the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society , which had removed the snake," said Ms Low.To her family's horror, they learnt the next day that the python had vomited their pet's carcass while the reptile was being transported to the Singapore Zoo.
Reticulated pythons, which are native to Singapore, can grow up to 10m and eat mammals ranging from mice to deer, according to the National Parks Board's website.Reticulated pythons are regularly spotted in urban storm drains and play an important role in controlling the population of rats, said Mr Sankar Ananthanarayanan, president of the Herpetological Society of Singapore.
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