These stunning snakes were captured wrapped around each other in a battle to the death.
The rare moment was captured on camera by nineteen-year-old Eshanya Sharma, just outside his house.
His photo shows a Green Vine Snake wrapped around a Buff striped keelback – the keelback’s head stuck in the mouth of the vine snake moments before it chomps down, reports the Story Trender.
Eshanya took he picture minutes before the keelback lost its fight and turned into a delicious nibble for the vine wind.
Situated in Karnataka, India in the Western Ghats, she says that while seeing snakes isn't extraordinary, seeing a fight like this is an uncommon sight.
The young fellow has been honing his photography for around 5 years and is considering visual expressions.
Eshanya said: ‘One evening, around the start of monsoon season in the Western Ghats, there was no electricity for almost 3 days.
‘On that day the rain had given a small break, hence my dad and uncle called to the electrician and went few meters out of the house to receive him.
‘Meanwhile my uncle noticed a Green Vine Snake hanging to a small branch of a plant.
'Also when my uncle went adjacent the snake to simply observe it, yet he saw something mind blowing!
'There was a Buff striped keelback wind also which was so all around covered on the branch was not unmistakable from far, but rather observing both the snakes on a similar branch which had experienced each other at same time.
'My uncle noticed something fishy would happen and he advised my father to call me to motivate camera to catch the uncommon occasion. Inside no time I achieved the spot in a couple of moments seconds as it was just couple of meters away.
‘I took my Nikon cool pics (not DSLR) camera which was almost with drained battery, as there was no power and I couldn’t charge it properly.
‘When I reached the spot the two snakes had already started with its fight and I started taking pictures waiting for the right moment as my camera allowed me to take only limited pictures and finally after few pics camera got shutdown.
‘However I kept camera aside enjoyed one of the natures best moment which I encountered.
‘After all the Green Vine won the battle and had a good feast! By that time it had started raining again so I had to return home with saved memories.’
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