# 16-foot-Snake Caught Eating Rabbits **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 28, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-foot-snake-caught-eating-rabbits/656875 "2013-04-28T01:20:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-foot-snake-caught-eating-rabbits/656875/1 "2013-04-28T01:20:45Z")
Story [here](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/346197/5m-boa-devours-rabbits-in-pathum-thani-house). Complete with photo. More like 16.4 feet, which is about what five meters equals. This is close to Bangkok. Welcome to Thailand! 😃 EDIT: Don’t worry, the photo is just of the snake extended, not of it eating rabbits. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-foot-snake-caught-eating-rabbits/656875/2 "2013-04-28T03:02:35Z")
Nice to see they didn’t kill the snake for simply doing what snakes do… ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-foot-snake-caught-eating-rabbits/656875/3 "2013-04-28T03:23:21Z")
The link seems to show a Reticulated Python, not a Boa Constrictor as the story claims. That makes sense since the python is native there while boas are South American. Sixteen feet plus isn’t an unusual size for a Retic. I had one that big on display for several years. Nice that they aren’t killing it out of hand! ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-foot-snake-caught-eating-rabbits/656875/4 "2013-04-28T03:44:33Z")
Do large snakes like that have any predators? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-foot-snake-caught-eating-rabbits/656875/5 "2013-04-28T04:42:04Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Do large snakes like that have any predators? Bigger snakes. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-foot-snake-caught-eating-rabbits/656875/6 "2013-04-28T05:12:35Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Do large snakes like that have any predators? Not usually. A crocodilian or big cat might be able to take one, but the risk/reward wouldn’t typically be worth it. It seems to happen from time to time, but probably isn’t common ( and in the reverse, as big constrictors would be just as likely to eat said predators if they could ). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-foot-snake-caught-eating-rabbits/656875/7 "2013-04-29T00:39:29Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Nice to see they didn’t kill the snake for simply doing what snakes do… The snake got off easy. I distinctly recall someone capturing a large albeit smaller snake near an informal gathering I was attending when I was living in the North. It got turned into snake soup, pronto.