THIS python's eyes were too big for its stomach as it attempted to eat a leopard - only for the big cat to use one of its nine lives to emerge the victor. The hungry duo initially had their eyes ...

A rare and unlikely battle took place between a huge python and a leopard at the Maasai Mara Triangle Reserve in Kenya recently.

The python and the leopard initially wanted to capture an impala. However, the reptile changed its mind and decided to attack the leopard instead.

In the end, after a tumultuous battle, the mother leopard kills the snake, sharing its carcass with the cub as a meal.

A leopard and a python were caught on video in a brawl in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.

Rock pythons are well known for their aggression and ill-temper. True to reputation, this one strikes at the leopard cub with its mouth open.

These images show the stunning meeting of a leopard and a python - but one hungry cat wasn't going to let the prey slither out of its sight ...