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Woodpecker vs. Snake

By Minnesotastan in Animal, Video Clips on Nov 20, 2009 at 10:21 am


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A crimson-crested woodpecker battles an olive whipsnake on Peru’s Yarapa River.  One presumes that the snake was stealing eggs or attacking chicks in the woodpeckers’ nest.  The battle ends by the 3:00 mark.


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  1. Geekazoid
    Nov 20th, 2009 at 10:22 am

    Did it died

  2. Edward
    Nov 20th, 2009 at 11:09 am

    You could hike through jungles for a lifetime and never see something like this. What a great experience.

  3. pwscott
    Nov 20th, 2009 at 11:36 am

    Nature at it's best and worst. Good video guys.:p

  4. MB
    Nov 20th, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    The snake had a chick in its mouth then swallowed it.

  5. LisaL
    Nov 20th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    It didn't have a chick did it? Just looked like feathers that came off the big bird.
    Very cool video though.

  6. monoclemonkey
    Nov 20th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    This is the best episode the "Don't Move the Boat" yet!

  7. mrgrenchy
    Nov 20th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

    it's just two feathers in its mouth. But did it scare me when in poked out of the hole

  8. SenorMysterioso
    Nov 20th, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    Snake wins

  9. philliposophy
    Nov 20th, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    Look closer. The snake just swallowed something before it came out of the hole.

  10. peterfedric
    Nov 23rd, 2009 at 12:23 am

    The video is very amazing and somewhat saddy.Yes its true that any is going to win and snake has great poison power so obviously he was going to win but the battle was because snake was eating the eggs or chicks of the woodpecker and at last woodpecker died that i feeled unfair.

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