While many of Africa's big predators could be expected to take down an antelope - few could then swallow it whole.
But this is just what happens when the killer turns out to be an African rock python.
These photographs show an 8ft snake devouring a young impala in the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana.
Big mouth: An African rock python dislocates its jaws to gobble up a young impala in Moremi National Park
Food baby: The snake's belly bulges from its massive meal in these pictures taken by a Dutch photographer
