Python in the Fence: The True Story

These stunning photos, taken at the Silent Valley Game Ranch in South Africa, have been circulating in email forwards with the following bogus story:

Seems a sheep farmer was puzzled about the disappearance of some sheep on his farm. After a few weeks the farmer decided to put up an electric fence.
About a week later, this is what he found!
Now, I know we've all heard of people being eaten by snakes & I bet most of us have said,
'If a snake tried to eat me, I'd blah, blah, blah & get away.'