The image captures the strange moment of a snake trying to swallow a slimy eel.

A rare moment in the wild shared by Georgia wildlife officials on social media shows how snakes hunt.

The viral images show a long, dark snake with stripes on its body struggling to swallow an eel its size.

Before that, the pair had a period of fighting back and forth in the shallow water, when the snake eventually overpowered the eel and dragged it to shore. After that, the snake comfortably enjoyed the meal by gradually swallowing the eel.

The eel is light brown in color, large in size, but it doesn’t seem to be difficult for the hungry, voracious snake. According to wildlife agency staff, that’s a feat for the snake.

According to experts, this is a snake named Farancia erytrogrammn , belonging to the family of water snakes. They usually live in areas with water, but mysterious movements, difficult to detect. Adults have a red stripe on the glossy black dorsal part, up to 167 cm long.

Farancia erytrogrammn snakes often appear when crossing roads near aquatic habitats, especially on rainy summer evenings. Meanwhile, American eels have slender and snake-like bodies that make them appear slimy.

According to the University of Georgia, because Farancia erytrogrammn snakes often prey on eels and aquatic habitats, they are at risk if wetlands are destroyed or degraded, destroying rivers causes eel populations to decline. reduce.

Eels live in freshwater systems along the Atlantic coast , including the Chesapeake Bay and Hudson River but also in river systems in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and further south.

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