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A Queensland woman claims a 5m-long amethyst python has devoured her pet goat. Monica Spah, of Kuranda in the state's northeast, noticed her 35kg goat missing three weeks ago. She then came across the snake, which had a giant lump in its back, in her backyard. The snake disappeared after three days into neighbouring rainforest. Nykea Ralston, who works for Kuranda's Uncle Pete's Petting Zoo, told ninemsn Ms Spah went overseas last week and instructed the zoo to take her other five goats.

"She was worried the snake would come back and eat them," Ms Ralston said. Stuart Douglas from the Australian Venom Zoo told ninemsn it would have taken one minute for the snake to suffocate the goat and five days to completely digest it.

"They are very opportunistic reptiles and they are able to climb through trees to get their food," Mr Douglas said. "There's a whole heap of these snakes around here ... we're now founding them in suburban streets. "There's a reduced number of wallabies — which is what they normally feed on — so they're being forced to prey upon domesticated animals. Mr Douglas said he had caught other pythons eating cats and dogs. "They'll eat anything they come across," he said.

In February 2008, a Kuranda family's dog was snatched by a 5m-long python, just weeks after other snakes ate their cat and guinea pig.