This was my second time witnessing an african rock python constricting its prey without striking to get hold of its prey first .
I came down from the house and saw this 2-3meter african rock python , P. natalensis , interested in a medium sized rock rabbit ( aka Dassie ) . The rock rabbit seemed to have been injured , and was sitting between 2 bowlders , trying to warn off the python . After about 15 minutes of inspecting the rock rabbit , the rock python moved closer and squashed it against the rocks but attempts were futile , so it started constricting the rock rabbit like normal but didnt bite onto it . After the rock rabbit died the python uncoiled itself and took off into the thick south coast undergrowth
Would like to read your opinion on this what seems to me as weird behaviour