Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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I recently filmed this Brown-Hooded Kingfisher killing and eating a baby snake. When I was filming I thought it was a worm in the Kingfisher's beak, but I after seeing the footage I discovered it was a snake. I can't tell exactly what snake it is, but a guess would be a baby Night Adder.
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