Horrifying footage shows the moment a king cobra conquered a python, and then swallowed it whole in front of shocked tourists.<br /><br />The predators were seen locked in an agonising battle next to the Lam Pee Waterfall in Phang Nga Province, Thailand on December 23.<br /><br />While the python tried to wrap itself around the cobra to strangle it, the attack quickly backfired.<br /><br />The cobra reared up and bit the python on the neck. Blood was seen dripping from the python's mouth as it succumbed to the injuries.<br /><br />The constrictor was soon immobilised by its rival's deadly venom and was swallowed whole by the dark black cobra.<br /><br />An astonished British tourist can be heard in background saying: ''Look at the size of this. How lucky are we?''<br /><br />The woman then asks: ''Should this snake be dead?'', before her partner adds ''It's probably dead now, love.''<br /><br />Wildlife ranger Chachai Chamnikarn, who was taking the holidaymakers on a tour around the Khao Lampi-Hat Thai Mueang National Park, said: ''I always explore around this area. I have seen snakes eat small and big animals but never their own kind.<br /> <br />''Actually, I was actually lucky to see something like this. I considered this the natural act which showed the animal’s struggle to survive.''
