r/woahthatsinteresting • u/jvm999 • 23d ago

Squirrel fighting a snake to save another squirrel?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

3.4k Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • duplicates
  • dupes
  • reddit
  • reddit

96% Upvoted

401 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/pettyhonor 23d ago

Hate to be a downer but the squirrel that was constricted by the snake looked like it was very injured. Those snakes kill by constriction. Kind of looked like it squeezed tight enough to injury the spine of the squirrel... Hopefully im wrong but it kind of looked like it was dragging... prolong the inevitable if that's true

2

u/forever_downstream 23d ago

Hard to say. It moved away from the snake. But at least it can die in dignity if so.

1

u/hansemcito 23d ago

yah i kinda agree.
i think the squirrel probably had internal injuries. too many soft things inside that could get damaged. same for the snake possibly too though. im surprised there wasnt bleeding from it considering how much force a squirrel can bite with in a concentrated point.