Living into the Wild

Gala Meal

Sloth bear resort | Hampi | 11-06-11

It’s been 2 days that I landed into this new destination of mine and I didn’t expect much to happen in terms of wildlife.

6 pm

I took my camera and was birding in the campus as all of a sudden I saw some movements into the bush. Rat snake…I whispered!! I moved further close to see and  realized that it was a spectacled cobra having a gala meal of an Indian bull frog. Wow…what an amazing sighting it was!

I immediately laid down on the ground and clicked some pictures. I had heard a lot about snakes in the camp, right from vipers to cobra from my staff  but it was incredible to spot one!! The bull frog was massive (that’s why it is called bull) and was really big for a snake 4-5 feet long.

And it was already into the jaws of the slayer!!

A snakes jaw is not rigid and can move both its upper and lower jaw independently. It moves it head back and forth to swallow its prey.

I was really hoping to document this entire action in my camera but  it soon realized my presence and dragged its meal to the bush.

I hope this meal will last long enough for it!!

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