Rather than eating it, the cow may have simply been chewing on the snake to obtain nutrients it was missing out on.

"A snake that size, it would have swallowed one cow whole," Embong told the New Straits Times. "I have had pythons eat chickens, that I also rear, before, but none of them was as big as this snake." ...

The giant Burmese python has been known to consume large animals like a deer. But the length of time it can go between meals is impressive.