-An astonishing footage of a Python dislocating it's jaw while swallowing a hyena whole has surfaced online
-The footage was taken at the massai mara reserve in Kenya
-National Geographic researchers said it was rare for a python to tackle a Dan gerous prey like hyena 

An astonishing video footage of a large python dislocating it's jaw while swallowing a fully

  grown hyena whole has surfaced online.

                                             The python swallowing a fully grown hyena                      

A tourist, Jos Bakker, captured the rare sight on video using a mobile phone. The extraordinary incident occurred at Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya

Bakker alerted researchers affiliated with popular wildlife channel, national geographic, who tracked down and found the large snake in the process of digesting it's meal.

                            The epic scene unfolded at the maasai Mara reserve in kenya

The researchers told a media outlet that it is rare for a python to hunt down and kill a prey as dangerous as a fully grown hyena.
One of the researchers, Mike Kowalski, said: "To my knowledge there has been no precedent for this in terms of documentation".

Researchers say it is rare for a python to hunt down and kill a dangerous prey such as a hyena