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Two fat pythons fighting over female fall through kitchen ceiling

A snake catcher said the two pythons were probably males fighting over a nearby female.
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In this photo provided by Steven Brown, a snake slithers out the door of a home at Laceys Creek, Australia, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. David Tait returned home and was surprised to discover that his kitchen ceiling had collapsed under the weight of two large pythons apparently fighting over a mate. (Steven Brown/Brisbane North Snake Catchers and Relocation via AP)

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) —  An Australian returned home and was surprised to discover that his kitchen ceiling had collapsed under the weight of two large pythons apparently fighting over a potential mate. 

David Tait found a large chunk of his ceiling lying on his kitchen table. He soon found two culprits: carpet pythons that had slithered into a bedroom and living room. 

The snakes have an estimated combined weight of 100 pounds. 

He called a snake catcher, who said the snakes probably were males that were fighting over a nearby female. 

"Both these snakes were two of the fattest snakes I've seen, as in the amount of muscle they had," snake catcher Steve Brown told CNN, saying the two pythons were "very well fed."

Brown even posted about the find on his Facebook page.

The males were returned to the wild, but the suspected third snake hasn't been found.  

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In this photo provided by Steven Brown, the roof of a kitchen is damaged after two non-venomous carpet pythons 2.8 meters (9 foot, 2 inches) and 2.5 meters (8 foot, 2 inches) long crashed the ceiling at Laceys Creek, Australia, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. David Tait returned home and was surprised to discover that his kitchen ceiling had collapsed under the weight of two large pythons apparently fighting over a mate. (Steven Brown/Brisbane North Snake Catchers and Relocation via AP)
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In this photo provided by Steven Brown, a snake is coiled on the floor of a home at Laceys Creek, Australia, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. David Tait returned home and was surprised to discover that his kitchen ceiling had collapsed under the weight of two large pythons apparently fighting over a mate. (Steven Brown/Brisbane North Snake Catchers and Relocation via AP)
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In this photo provided by Steven Brown, Steven handles 2 python snakes at a home in Laceys Creek, Australia, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. The home owner, David Tait, returned home and was surprised to discover that his kitchen ceiling had collapsed under the weight of two large pythons apparently fighting over a mate. (Steven Brown/Brisbane North Snake Catchers and Relocation via AP)

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