Fiona Sheen spotted this intense struggle for power in her pool, when two male carpet snakes decided they both fancied the same girl.

She told Storyful: “The pythons were fighting over a nearby female python. All three pythons have been hanging around our place and our neighbours place for over a month.”

Male pythons are known to ‘wrestle’ in order to win a mate, determining who is stronger in the battle for a female snake. Credit: YouTube/noosafifi