Deadly Snake Devours Another Serpent In Viral Video

If snakes feeding on their usual preys is too mainstream, then here’s something unconventional -- a serpent gobbling down one of its own species.

A video posted on the Facebook page of Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 showed a large snake eating a smaller reptile.

A description accompanying the video stated the snake catchers arrived at a pony club in the Australian town of Nambour after receiving information that a reptile was eating another serpent.

Upon arrival, the catchers found a red-bellied black snake that had swallowed a common tree snake.

"We were called to a pony club out the back of Nambour on the Sunshine Coast to a good-sized Red Bellied Black Snake eating a Common Tree Snake right at the back of the building!" the Facebook post read.

"When Richie [snake catcher] arrived, it had finished his lunch and hid to digest when suddenly it made a dash through the water to escape!" the post added.

The snake catcher, however, managed to capture the reptile.

The rescue, which was caught on camera, shows the snake catcher searching for the reptile in a stream. He then captures the reptile using snake-catching equipment and places it in a black bag before relocating it to a grassy area.

"He [snake] wasn’t quick enough to get away from two sets of alert eyes and was relocated safely... Trying to demonstrate the nature of a venomous snake once again proved to us that they just want to get away and escape," the post stated.

The video has since gone viral with people commenting this was the first time they had seen a snake eating another serpent.

"Didn’t realize snakes eat other snakes," one person commented.

"I've never heard of this happening between these two species before," wrote another user.

The incident comes months after a video of a snake swallowing another one went viral on Twitter. The video, posted by Indian Forest Service officer Susanta Nanda, showed a common krait devouring a wolf snake. "A common Krait devouring a common wolf snake. Also known as Indian krait is venomous & are ophiophagous- primarily preying upon other snakes. Considered as the most deadly & dangerous snake of India. Stay away from this & stay safe," the officer captioned the video.