Thread: Snake fight- Black snake eats Brown snake Video

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

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Amazing video: Red-bellied black snake fights brown snake

Ben Harvy, The Advertiser


February 12, 2017 7:32pm

WHEN a red-bellied black snake is hungry, not even the world's second-most-venomous land snake can escape the menu.

On Saturday Sean Shaw captured footage on his phone of a red-bellied black snake chasing down and digesting a brown snake on a dirt road near Myponga.
In the video the red-bellied black snake, with a more-than-handy size advantage, clamps down on the smaller reptile, injecting its venom.
The brown snake tries desperately to retaliate, but cannot penetrate the scales of its hunter, despite trying again and again.
Mr Shaw ? who used to work for Adelaide Snake Catchers ? said he first saw the red-bellied black chase the brown snake over the road as he drove past, and stopped to film the fight.
?After about a 20-minute tussle the red-bellied black snake eventually was able to swallow the brown snake,? he said.
The red-bellied black snake clamps down on the brown snake. Picture: Sean Shaw

The brown snake tries to fight back. Picture: Sean Shaw

?The whole episode took maybe half an hour.
?When we left the brown snake was about half swallowed but (the red-bellied) seemed to have stalled!?
While shocking, snake catcher Corey Renton, from Snakeaway Services, says it's not that uncommon.
?Red-bellies are actually reptile eaters,? Mr Renton said.
?Brown snakes much prefer rodents while red-bellies eat frogs and lizards, they live in dams and creeks naturally.?
Red-bellied black snakes are dangerous to humans but their bites are not usually life threatening.
The red-bellied black takes his victory spoils. Picture: Sean ShawOriginally published as Battle of the snakes: Who will win?

Wow I have heard red belly's are good to have around

Originally Posted by rangieman

Wow I have heard red belly's are good to have around

Not when they are on the end of my lure as I once had one on my lure fishing a trout steam in NSW Snowy mountains. Very hard to get off once you land them. Also not good when fishing and they are between your legs as I had once.

Amazing how the continuous biting of the Brown snake has no effect on the Black.

browns have way smaller fangs than blacks

browns cant usually penetrate heavy jeans or decent gloves where as a black can sometimes penetrate a boot if given half a chance and the inclination...

i nearly stood on a very large black a few weeks ago and it just looked at me and moved off, way more slowly than i did, i can tell ya!

a brown would have struck out at me based on my previous encounters...

Originally Posted by incisor

a brown would have struck out at me based on my previous encounters...

Browns are contankerous they are aggressive.

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Browns are contankerous they are aggressive.

And they are one of the most venomous snakes on the planet.

Originally Posted by d2dave

And they are one of the most venomous snakes on the planet.

Only if you are foolish enough to get bitten

The King Brown or Mulga snake are big fast and I don't like them. The snowy mountains in NSW are teaming with them.
Where as the Black coloured Tiger snakes in Tassie are more docile, I have come across a few when trout fishing and they don't freak me out as much as the King Browns.