monkeys don’t often get caught unawares.
Although presumed to have a largely arboreal lifestyle, they do in fact spend a significant portion of their day on the ground whilst foraging, but sharp-eyed sentries posted in the trees above are usually alert enough to spot any approaching predators. We have recorded monkeys alarming at leopards over 800 metres away, and the larger raptors like Martial eagles will be enough for the sentries to sound a warning.
One predator that can slip under the radar is a reptilian one; the African Rock Python.
Incredibly well camouflaged, these snakes can completely disappear in a thicket or the long grass, and one unlucky monkey met its fate in the coils of just such a creature recently, as witnessed by ranger Fin Lawlor.
The largest African Rock Pythons can grow to in excess of 5 metres long, with some specimens reportedly topping the 6m mark. Although the individual in this particular sighting certainly wasn’t in that category, it was more than capable of asphyxiating a vervet monkey. Pythons kill by wrapping their coils around an animal’s ribcage, and when their victim exhales, the python squeezes just a little bit tighter. With each breath their prey is able to inhale less and less, and eventually cannot take in enough oxygen to remain conscious and dies.
When Fin arrived at the sighting, the monkey was already dead and the python was trying to swallow it headfirst.
What happened next can be seen in the video below, taken by Londolozi guest Wilhelm Weslau:
猴子不常被抓到。
虽然据推测它们大部分生活在树上，但事实上它们白天大部分时间都在地上觅食，站在树上的尖眼哨兵通常足够警惕，能够发现任何正在接近的捕食者。我们已经记录了猴子在800多米远的地方对豹子发出警报，像雄鹰这样的大型猛禽足以让哨兵发出警告。
一种能在雷达下滑动的食肉动物是爬行动物；非洲岩蟒
令人难以置信的是，这些蛇伪装得很好，它们可以完全消失在灌木丛或长草丛中，最近一只不幸的猴子在这样一种生物的盘绕中遇到了它的命运，正如向导Fin Lawlor所目睹的。
非洲最大的岩石蟒蛇可以长到超过5米长，据报道一些标本超过了6米。虽然这种特殊景象中的个体当然不在这一类中，但它能够使疣猴窒息。巨蟒通过将线圈缠绕在动物的胸腔内来杀死动物，当它们的受害者呼气时，巨蟒会稍微紧一些。随着每一次呼吸，它们的猎物能够吸入越来越少，最终不能吸收足够的氧气来保持清醒并死亡。
当向导Fin Lawlor到达看得见的时候，猴子已经死了，蟒蛇开始试图吞下它。
接下来发生的事情可以在下面的视频中看到，由Londolozi 的客人 Wilhelm Weslau拍摄

猴子惨了，被双杀

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斑斑威武。。。替蛇感到憋屈，干得好还不如人家一张嘴

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