Published 12:06 IST, July 27th 2019

This unsuspecting large green insect getting eaten whole by a venomous snake will give you goosebumps

A photographer has snapped some startling gone-in-a-gulp images of a venomous snake devouring an unlucky bug at Ozark National Forest in Arkansas in United States.

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An amateur photographer has snapped some startling gone-in-a-gulp ims of a vemous snake devouring an unlucky bug at Ozark National Forest in Arkansas in United States. Charlton McDaniel of Fort Smith says he was “fascinated and captivated” to see a copperhe eat a newly emerged cica at dusk on July 17.

42-year-old McDaniel told Associated Press that he was in forest for some moonlight kayaking when he ticed a molting cica. McDaniel says snake showed up, and he twice scared off reptile but eventually, reptile grabbed insect.

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McDaniel also took to Facebook to share a series of im of captivating incident. “I got lucky or night and caught two events in one near Mulberry River. I ticed a cica nymph crawling on ground and was hoping it would stop soon to molt and emerge when I saw how it looked, he wrote in post’s caption. “I was excited when it did, but n something unexpected happened afterwards that me me jump at first. A copperhe snuck up to eat it. I scared it off twice to finish taking sequence pictures, but third time it was successful,” he furr ded.

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See story of insect and snake unfold below in pictures: (Pic courtesy - Charlton McDaniel)

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Excitement ran high in people as y commented on this unusual series of ims. “WOW,WOW,WOW!!!!!!” wrote a Facebook user. “This series of photos is epic,” wrote ar. “Awesome pictures don’t see that everyday,” wrote a third. ‘Amazing pictures!’ commented some or Facebook user. See Facebook post here.

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McDaniel says copperhe became aware of his presence, finished swallowing cica and slired off.

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12:03 IST, July 27th 2019