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A giant king cobra out-muscled a powerful python in a fight to the death - and then swallowed it whole in front of shocked tourists.
The predators were seen locked in an agonising battle next to the Lam Pee Waterfall, in Phang Nga Province, Thailand on Christmas Day.
The python tried the wrap itself around the cobra in a last desperate act of defence.
But the attack quickly backfired and the cobra reared up and bit its rival on the neck.
Blood was seen dripping from its mouth as it succumbed to the deadly venom at the Khao Lampi-Hat Thai Mueang National Park.