Snake Devours Fish While Swimming In A Lake, Images Shock Facebook Users

Photos showing a snake devouring a fish in Lake Graham in Texas have shocked netizens after the images went viral on social media.

The pictures were taken by a resident who was passing by the area, and shared on Facebook on Thursday.

Connie Larance shared the pictures of the snake eating a fish in WFAA North Texas Through Your Lens Facebook group. While the local resident did not know the species of the snake, it was later revealed the reptile was a nonvenomous diamond-backed water snake.

"I was weedeating around our place on Lake Graham and caught movement to my left. I had disturbed this snake who was trying to devour his lunch! I did NOT kill the snake," Larance wrote, along with images of the reptile.

Upon seeing the pictures, social media users began discussing how snakes can swallow huge preys.

"You’d be surprised what they can eat!! Yikes!" one person wrote. "That’s amazing! I wonder if the snake managed to get the whole thing down?" another said. A third user wrote: "That thing is huge!!! I would have been running the other way."

Texas Parks and Wildlife said there was nothing to be startled about spotting snakes as these reptiles are seen in abundance this time of the year. As North Texas saw rainfall over the last few days, snakes have been coming out to enjoy the sun.

"The main thing is because people are seeing more nature out and about, that’s why they're seeing snakes," Sam Kieschnick, Urban Wildlife Biologist for DFW with Texas Parks and Wildlife, said, WFAA reported.

According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, many snakes eat birds, bugs, plants, and fungi, while some feed on fish, mice, rats and pests.

"Snakes are not out to get us, we are not the main selected prey item for snakes," Kieschnick said. "They are eating the little tiny bugs, the frogs, the mice it’s a good thing that they're here with us, we only have a few venomous species."

Meanwhile, Randall Kennedy, owner of the nuisance wildlife removal and pest control company, warned locals as springtime brings more snakes out of their hiding.

“Make sure all of the gaps and cracks around the house are sealed up— around the yard,” Kennedy said, according to CBS Local. “You know, if you’ve got a big void under rocks, things like that, make sure everything is filled in. If you’re in a very ‘snakey’ area, I recommend walking the years before turning your pets out.”