From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-572606-985412
PERTH, Australia (UPI) -- A thief in Western Australia made the
mistake of stealing a python from a research lab that had swallowed a
radio-collared marsupial, police said.
The radio-tracking device led investigators to a house in Heathbridge,
where police found the python and arrested a 30-year-old man, The West
Australian reported.
The snake was discovered in the Narrogin bush by Department of
Environmental Conservation researchers tracking a radio-collared
woylie, a small endangered marsupial. By the time they found the
woylie, it was inside the snake, along with its collar and tracking
device.
The 6-foot snake was brought to the Woodvale Research Center to make
sure it had not been harmed by its meal. The snake was stolen from the
lab last weekend and recovered Thursday, with the radio-tracking
device still inside and sending out signals.