If you have a fear of snakes then it's probably best you stop reading this article now. If, however, you want to play David Attenborough then this video is for you.
Footage has emerged of a python having to regurgitate a baby deer once it had been caught red-handed by locals.
The video, filmed in Maharashtra, India, shows angry locals tackling the snake which has a huge lump in its stomach.
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Having shown that it could swallow a small deer, the Bedase village residents feared that it would attack the children next.
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Men surrounded the snake while one repeatedly patted it to continue its vomiting of the dead deer.
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The snake, which can unhinge its jaw in order to swallow large objects whole, brings the body back up, hooves first.
According to animals.mom.me, snakes regurgitate their food when 'subjected to stress'. That stress then 'triggers a natural reaction' which is 'to relieve itself of the bulk of its meal in the event it needs to flee'.
Residents later posed with the 12ft long python, although conservation group activists have slammed the villagers for interfering with the animal.
Kiran Mokashi, a local rescue worker, said they received an emergency call after locals spotted a python with its belly swollen - a sure sign of a fresh kill.
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When he arrived, Kiran broke up the crowd that had formed around the snake and advised the residents not to bother it for a week, as it would move on after digesting the meal.
Despite that warning, and fearing for their own safety, some residents took matters into their own hands.
Kiran said: "When snakes fear for their safety they usually regurgitate their meal and try to get away quickly.
"It's important to let a snake regurgitate at its own pace and not cause it any more stress."
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The Bedase village, near the city of Pune, is close to the Lonavala-Khandala forest region, an area marked by sizeable python population.
Mahesh Vasantro Mahajan, president of Friends of Nature, said there were several cases of pythons straying into villages and killing livestock - namely dogs and sheep.
"The priority of rescue effort is to make sure that the snake is left undisturbed and given a chance to clear out on its own.
"But sometimes when the local residents refuse to cooperate the team waits for the snake to regurgitate and then release it in the forest."
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