The picture shows the scary face that few people know about gentle squirrels

Well-known squirrel, who thinks they chew on the snake's head like that? And to tell you more, the snake's body was almost eaten.

If you see a battle between a squirrel and a snake, which side do you think will win? Perhaps, most people will not bet on squirrels. The correlation difference is too obvious when snakes are terrifying predators, while squirrels are well-known, just eat fruits and seeds.

But it seems all wrong, at least as far as the picture is being shared recently by netizens, about the sight of a squirrel holding a snake and eating like ice cream.

The squirrel is holding the snake head and gnawing like eating ice cream.

Reportedly, this photo was taken in 2009 by William Leggett - ranger of Guadalupe Mountain National Park in West Texas. The squirrel in the squirrel- like figure (rock squirrel) , is using a pedicure to grasp the head of a snake - it is described as a striped snake snake (Masticophis taeniatus) , which is quite scary.

Don't think this is a staged scene, because Leggett took a few more shots of what happened next. The squirrel then ate almost all of the solid body it had.

Although it has been taken for a long time, the US National Park Service (NPS) has recently re-posted photos on social networks, and quickly received the attention of the online community. According to the post from the post, the squirrel only left 5cm of solid body.

Snake meat squirrels - what's going on?

Maybe many people will feel strange, but for the scientific world, this is a very normal phenomenon. The reality is that squirrels are not as gentle as we thought .

The squirrel then ate almost all of the solid body it had.

" Squirrels are very opportunistic . They often eat seeds, fruits and plants, but simply because they are readily available and readily available. If given the opportunity, they will eat insects, lizards, even Leggett shared with HuffPost.

In addition, the relationship between squirrels and snakes is also " much stronger than we thought." In 2007, a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society revealed that some squirrels often pick up stripped skin of rattlesnakes. They will chew on the snakeskin, then lick up the entire hair to cover the smell, preventing themselves from being attacked.

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