Photo of a snake captured on the Sunshine Coast stuns Australians

• Massive snake captured in a garage 
• Believed to have eaten a huge possum 
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A python has been caught on camera digesting a massive meal, making people wonder what it ate to get so full.

The image has gone viral after being shared on the Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers Facebook page.

‘Thanks to one of our followers, Paul, for sending this awesome photo in of a Python with a belly full of food.

‘They believe it was a large possum that the snake had eaten. The snake was quite happy laying up for the next few days digesting its big meal.’

‘What did this snake eat? Wowzas,’ they asked followers on Tuesday.

A massive carpet python has shocked Aussies after being found in a man’s garage while digesting a huge meal (pictured)

Paul thinks the snake caught, killed, and ate a very big possum, but many Australians thought the bulge was too large and suggested it might be a pet dog or cat.

‘If he swallowed a possum, it must have been a whopper,’ one Aussie said.

‘That would be one big possum, more like a small dog,’ a second added.

Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers warned ‘it’s that time of year when snakes are looking for a big feed’.

The tail-end of summer is when pythons are most active as hunters, as they eat a lot before winter when their metabolism drops and they stop eating.

This active period means they might hunt during the day, even though they’re usually nocturnal.

This poses a threat to possums, which are usually asleep during the day.

Although pythons usually prey on small animals such as possums, cats, and dogs, they rarely look to humans for food and only attack when they feel threatened.

Pythons are especially active during late-summer as they eat as much as possible before winter when their metabolism drops alongside the temperature (pictured, carpet python)

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