Bryan West was on the return trek from Pages Pinnacle in Queensland’s Springbrook Nationwide Park when he got here throughout an uncommon sight—snake cannibalism in progress. Two yellow-faced whip snakes have been battling it out, and in the long run, as West advised Yahoo Information Australia, “[the] massive fella wolfed up the smaller fella.”
Whereas it’s not that unusual to see a snake consuming one other snake, what is rare is witnessing a snake consuming a snake of the identical species.
“I used to be stunned to see two of the identical kind [of snake] combating and I used to be curious to see how it might finish,” West stated. “It appeared for some time just like the baby would possibly prevail.”
Within the video, you may see the 2 snakes wrestle round within the filth as West data. Whereas it might have been good to report an underdog story (and West says the small yellow-faced whip snake put up a superb struggle), the bigger snake received.
Watch snake cannibalism in progress right here:
Queensland snake catcher Luke Huntley advised Yahoo Information Australia that it’s uncommon to see such cannibalism. “In my profession, I’ve had loads of calls the place individuals say, ‘Hey, a pink stomach is consuming this brown snake’, or ‘I’ve received a brown snake consuming a pink stomach’, however I’ve by no means had a yellow-faced whip snake consuming one other yellow-faced whip snake,” he stated.
