Fight to the death on the Snake River

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Fight to the death on the Snake River

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This has to be the weirdest thing that ever floated by me on the Snake

River. They were stuck together in death lock, each wanting to kill the

other first.

My guess is that the falcon snatched up the tasty snake, and it somehow got

its tail around the falcon's neck, strangling it in midair causing both of

them to crash into the river. They are both alive and well, considering. I

think a few more minutes and the snake would have won. The tail was actually

tied in a knot around the neck, and getting tighter by the second. I got the

snake untied, and well, as you can see, they both made it.

This is another one of those stories you tell, and are always acknowledged

with "yeah, right!" Well, here's the proof. Neither of them bit me or

scratched me; the snake didn't want to stop biting the falcon's leg, and

only let go after I had untied everything else. I got the water out of the

falcon's lungs with birdie inversion technique, and stayed with him until he

was almost dried off in the sun, and flying a little. Ball of snake and

falcon, that is the weirdest thing I have pulled out of the water so far, it

beats the wagon wheel!















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Wow! I'm no snake expert, but I'm guessing non-poisonous ... maybe king snake? It must be hell when your lunch comes back on you before you've even eaten it. :wah:
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The look on the bird's face in the last photo is like "what the hell just happened?"
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Post by LarsMac »

Looks like a gopher snake.

That bird looks like he's saying, "What'd you do that for? I had him right where I wanted him."
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Just awesome Snooze!

Reminds me of this ... "Never Give Up"



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Amazing! And good for you for helping them both.
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Oops. Now I noticed the "Unknown Source."

Anyway, great story. Thanks for sharing it.
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