Beat losing, poisonous snakes rolled to death to deceive birds

In a fierce battle, both poisonous snakes use "dead" to avoid the cypress bird attack but fail.

Photographer Frank De Souza has recorded rare images of the battle between serpents and cypress birds in Marloth Park, South Africa on November 14.

When confronted with poisonous snakes, the cypress bird constantly jumps in circles, flying up and down constantly inflicting pecks on the snake's head. This is a southern grape snake, white body with black stripes. Unable to resist the successive attack of birds, snakes rolled to the ground to die to deceive the enemy. But unfortunately its plan failed, cypress birds are not easily fooled, continue to peck on the snake's head.

In that dangerous situation, another snake suddenly appeared and jumped into the battle. The bird is forced to let go of the "loser" in order to deal with the new enemy. Just wait there, the snake is dead dead immediately raised his head, rushing into the bush escaping.

The cypress bird is a carnivorous bird, their food is insects, lizards, birds, toads and snakes. For poisonous toads and butterflies, after killing the prey, the cypress bird patiently waits for the poison of the prey to decline before "hitting the cup".

The mating season of the cypress bird takes place between February and June. The female lays between 5-6 eggs, after hatching for 25-17 days, the eggs hatch into young birds. At 16-20 days of age, young birds will leave the nest.