34K views · 2.1K reactions | If a 'roiling mass' of snakes doesn't appeal, it's probably best you don't find yourself in a rock python nest just after hatching – where life is tough from the second you're born. | National Geographic UK | Facebook

⚠️A 5 meter long African Rock Python lay dead still, so much so we didn’t even know it was there, before the perfect moment to strike. We had stopped to photograph some Lilly’s and suddenly chaos erupted. Splashes, birds screaming and one Egyptian goose’s head held under the water while the snack stared its coiling. We sat there for probably 30 to 40 minutes watching this whole scene develop. There were other brave members in the audience. Black Crake, African Jacana, sandpipers and this poor go