A coastal carpet python was caught dragging a brush-tailed possum right in the middle of the women’s toilets at an undisclosed campground near Wivenhoe, QLD, Australia.

Luckily, this was recorded in daylight—because if it had happened at night, you might almost convince the Vatican to send an exorcist. The daylight reveals the true nature of the scene—and, just as importantly, what it isn’t: some ghostly apparition.

This possum was a hefty one, likely because it wasn’t alone—the carpet python had just killed a female possum that still had a joey clinging to her. When the snake dropped the joey, the onlookers had just enough time to rescue it, while letting the python keep its meal.

I don’t usually support human interference in nature, but if there’s ever a “right” way to do it, this is it—the joey survives, and the snake doesn’t go hungry.

[📹 jkleidon_ & kaitlinfrost_]