Kingfishers are hungry to swallow the snake for 10 minutes

The encounter between kookaburra and the reptile ends quickly when the snake is turned into a meal.

William Watson, a wildlife rescue worker, recorded a kookaburra kingfisher parked on a fence in a yard in the outskirts of Tewantin, Sunshine Coast, Queensland to enjoy a snake, Long Room reported today. According to Watson, the bird only takes 10 minutes to complete the meal.

Kingfisher snakes tightly in the mine while its prey finds a way to escape.

"The snake struggles from start to finish. When the kookaburra bird finishes eating, only the tail of the snake peeked out from its mouth. It swallowed the entire prey. We often encountered kookaburra birds flying into the garden, but never witnessed it. Such spectacle " , Watson shared.

In the video, the kingfisher snatched the snake in the mine while its prey sought to escape. The bird occasionally beats itself hard on the wooden fence. Determined not to lose the meal, the kingfisher tilted his head back and swallowed the snake.

Australian Reptile Park says kookaburra, the world's largest kingfisher, often hunts snakes."As soon as you see the prey, the kookaburra bird will swoop down and use the beak to grab them," the park representative said.