Newsweek Snake/Dog comms

An Alabama resident has shared a video of the moment she witnessed one snake eating another in her back yard.

Last month, Karen Vick Scarbrough, from the city of Camden, took to Facebook to post several photos and some video footage of the two snakes fighting. They were identified as a copperhead, which gets its name from its bronze coloration, and a kingsnake.

It ended with one of the animals eating the other. She said in a caption: "I've heard of this and seen pictures but I've never seen it myself."

Scarbrough was alerted to the fight after she heard her dog barking and went to investigate. She told McClatchy News her dog had been bitten by a copperhead snake a month prior.

https://www.newsweek.com/kingsnake-eats-copperhead-shocking-video-alabama-yard-1605868