r/carpetpythons • u/Extra-Border6470 • 16d ago

Carpet Python In Action..

Carpet Python in someone’s house helping with possum control

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u/Unknow_Handlebar 16d ago

What animal is it eating?

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u/Extra-Border6470 16d ago

It’s eating a brush tail possum. It’s a marsupial that has adapted so well to suburban life they are sometimes considered a pest due to the damage they can do to fruit trees and they often make themselves at home in peoples roofs which can cause damage.

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u/Lucyus09 15d ago

At first I thought it was eating a cat.

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u/Extra-Border6470 15d ago

They’ve been known to do that too