Greedy snake snakes tried to swallow snake but failed

After more than an hour of trying, the green snake could not swallow a snake so it had to release its prey from its mouth.

Green snakes tried to devour the same type but failed

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A green snake tries to swallow the snake in the Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia.

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The green snake hung upside down on its branches while trying to swallow the snake much bigger than it.

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The snake bent its body to try to escape the green snake's mouth.

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The scene was recorded by photographer Paula Masterson while she was walking in the Lower Zambezi National Park.

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The green snake struggled to swallow up its kind for 1 hour.Because the big snake is on par with its body, the snake has to give up the meal.

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The snake snakes quickly crawls away after escaping the snake's mouth.

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Photographer Paula Masterson does not know how the snake snake's venom affects the snake, but it crawls very lethargic.