Snake Vs Croc Battle 蟒鳄大战

Photos Tell You Who Won Snake Vs Croc Battle

a python is a large snake

By Jaime Lutz (abc News)

That is one satisfied snake.

Photographers in Queensland, Australia, captured a snake battling a crocodile over the span of five hours, climaxing with the snake swallowing the crocodile whole.

Queensland  昆士兰（州名）

crocodile  鳄鱼 ( 缩写为 croc )

span     一段时间，跨度

climax     达到高潮，达到顶点

a snake vs croc battle

A python begins to swallow the crocodile on March 2, 2014 in Queensland, Australia. The snake, thought to be about 10 feet long, constricted the crocodile to death before dragging it to shore and eating it whole in front of a shocked crowd of onlookers.

The snake fought, wrestled and then ate a crocodile whole following a dramatic five-hour long battle. The incident was captured on camera by Tiffany Corlis.

python   大蟒

constrict   收缩, 挤压, 束缚

wrestle    搏斗，扭打，角力

incident   事件，小事件

the snake swallows the crocodile whole

“The crocodile was fighting at the start, it was trying to keep its head out of water and survive, but as the morning progressed you could tell both of them were getting a little weaker as the struggle was going on. Finally the croc sort of gave in.” one photographer, Tiffany Corlis, told ABC Australia.

sort of   有点 ( 口语常用 )

give in  屈服, 投降, 让步

The outline of the crocodile seen inside the python

The fight happened on the shore of Lake Moondarra, a popular place for Queensland residents to go swimming – though Corlis said she plans to send someone else in first before stepping foot in the water in the future. “It was just unbelievable,” she said. “We were sort of thinking the snake had bitten off a little more than it could chew, pardon the pun, but it did actually eat the crocodile.”

resident  居民

chew    咀嚼

pun    双关语, 诙谐语

"bite off more than one can chew" 是英语谚语, 指 “贪多嚼不烂, 不自量力, 好高鹜远”, 用在此恰如其分, 所以 Corlis 说 pardon the pun.  但最后蟒蛇成功吞吃了鳄鱼，所以她又说: "but it did actually eat the crocodile".