Mole snakes escaped death by squeezing the South African cobra's head

Gavin and Christine Mitchell witnessed the nearly one-hour war between two-meter South African cobra and mole snakes when they visited Kgalagadi National Park.

Mole snakes curl around the head of the South African tiger.(Photo: African Geographic).

Mole snakes repeatedly tried to escape but were chased by cobra and bitten into the back of the head. South African cobra has strong venom and other snake species account for one third of their food source. The cobra seems determined to turn solid mole into lunch.

However, snake mole is not easily surrendered. It curled around the South African cobra's head and began to squeeze. Mole snakes are muscular reptiles specializing in killing prey. Although there is no venom, it bites extremely pain with sharp teeth.

Finally, the South African tiger is forced to free its prey.(Photo: African Geographic).

South African cobra tries to pull the mole out of its head and neck by retreating into the bush. After repeating this action three times, the cobra seems to feel the pressure from the mole's tightening ring and release the prey. Mole snakes escaped and crawled into a small hole while cobra took South Africa to rest for a while before crawling in the other direction.

Mitchell and his wife were surprised when the snake mole survived the encounter. However, they are not sure what the snake will do with venom from the South African cobra bite.

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