It’s a mama quail vs. snakes within the final combat for survival within the desert. You received’t imagine how far this quail will go to attempt to defend her eggs from snakes that need to eat them.
Tressa Nolen-Sawyer of Tucson, Arizona arrange a digicam to observe a quail nest in what seems like her again or facet yard. Over the course of two days, the quail mother needed to combat for her personal—greater than as soon as.
Within the first video, you may see the mama quail aggressing on a snake making an attempt to get into her nest, repeatedly pecking at it. The snake will get in and will have gotten away with some eggs; it’s unclear.
The very subsequent day, Nolen-Sawyer caught one other quail vs. snake scuffle. This snake is much more feisty than the primary snake. It strikes on the quail a number of occasions. The mama makes use of her physique to attempt to preserve the snake out of her nest. The 2 tussle and tumble round, every making an attempt to get the higher of the opposite.
Sadly, in Nolen-Sawyer’s TikTok remark part on the second video, she mentioned whereas the mama quail survived the second battle, the eggs didn’t. The mama quail put up one heck of a combat, although, and she or he’ll reside to put extra eggs.
