Published 19:11 IST, January 6th 2021
Snakes engage in fight leaving netizens intrigued, internet in awe of 'great footage'
A video of two Mulga snakes from the Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary has emerged on the internet, leaving the netizens completely intrigued.
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A video of two Mulga snakes from Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary has emerged on internet, leaving netizens completely intrigued. video shows both snakes engaging in a fierce battle to prove ir dominance over or. According to caption of video, Scotia is a 65,000 hectare sanctuary that encompasses a large fox and cat-free area, which is about 8,000 hectares. Also, it protects some of Australia’s largest remaining populations of threatened wildlife.
Battle of snakes
Australian Wildlife Conservancy ecologist Tali Moyle said, “Mating season starts in early spring and males start wrestling, attempting to push each or over to prove ir dominance, for right to mate with females. Although Mulga Snakes are fairly common, it’s t too often you see this behaviour - this is only second time I’ve seen it”. video shows both creatures fighting with each or for more than an hour. Both have entangled within each or and are trying to bite. caption says, "t an option for se feisty Mulga Snakes, seen fighting for well over an hour at our Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary".
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Netizens react
Astounded by video, netizens took over comment section. video has over 700 shares and 1.7K reactions. One Facebook user wrote, "I thought this wrapping around each or was courtship/mating behaviour. Flip if it’s fighting:/ means I’ve got more than 2 resident snakes at home:/ 2 males fighting.... wheres female!? Eek". Ar person wrote, "Thank you for correcting my ideas. I’ve seen brown snakes ‘fighting’ several times and thought y were mating. It’s pretty impressive to watch and a little scary".
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(Im Credits: Facebook/AustralianWildlifeConservancy)
19:13 IST, January 6th 2021