WATCH: Kingsnake allegedly tries to eat itself out of hunger, rescued later

Snakes are considered to be one of deliest predators in world. In an unusual instance, one snake attempted to eat itself in order to curb its hunger.  shocking incident was captured by Jesse Rothacker, a worker at  Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary in Pennsylvania. visuals show a Kingsnake who has swallowed almost half of its body. Watch video here:

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ghastly video shows Kingsnake which h alrey swallowed itself. Moreover, when Rothacker intervened to rescue snake, it refuses to let go and constantly resisted any attempts by Rothacker. Rothacker initially started rescue by tapping on its se, a technique which creates a disturbance while snake is preying on its food. Throughout video, Rothacker explained and gave brief information about snake and stated reasons for its actions. It appeared that snake took se steps because of its hunger. 

“y will sometimes see ir own tail, y’ll think it’s a snake, y’ll take a bite out of it, and y’ll realize y’ve bitten mselves,” Rothacker said

"He's t smartest Kingsnake around." Rothacker ded

According to  Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary, serpent took himself for a different snake. It happens often when snake attacks and preys on or species. However, things got haywire with this Kingsnake attempted to eat itself. But it ended up getting treated as authorities later served a frozen mouse:

But Netizens were left in splits after watching horrific video. Re some of comments here:

"That is crazy!??"

"It's unbelievable" 

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"May t've done so well on SATs!" Incredible." 

"Are we sure he wasn't trying to commit suicide?"

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According to  Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary, Kingsnakes are found across United States, and are kwn for eating or snakes. Kingsnakes are even immune to rattlesnake and copperhe vem.