Check out this picture my friend took

Pacfanweb

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Originally posted by: troytime
pretty sure thats a hawk

very cool pic though!!
You're right, that's a hawk.

So I take it the hawk grabbed the snake and the snake then wrapped its feet up? Guess the hawk could have eventually reached down and bit the snake a few times.
 

Slimline

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Originally posted by: Specop 007
Originally posted by: Slimline
Did he get the snake off the owl? I would of...Poor owl.

You would have quickly found out just how sharp that beak is too.


I have had similar encounters with animals...and I have found they seem to understand your good natrue when doing something to help them. By no means is this all the time, but I would take the chance. Not to mention, I have witnessed owls fly with some rather large prey in there claws. Wonder if he just could not get up, or was paralyzed?
 

Ready

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Originally posted by: Slimline
Originally posted by: Specop 007
Originally posted by: Slimline
Did he get the snake off the owl? I would of...Poor owl.

You would have quickly found out just how sharp that beak is too.


I have had similar encounters with animals...and I have found they seem to understand your good natrue when doing something to help them. By no means is this all the time, but I would take the chance. Not to mention, I have witnessed owls fly with some rather large prey in there claws. Wonder if he just could not get up, or was paralyzed?

Take the chance and get bitten by a poisoness snake?

 

NikPreviousAcct

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A snake that small doesn't have teeth long enough to bite through the thick pelt of feathers. Even if it did manage to get a fang in at a weak spot like the legs, the coloring doesn't look like any specific venomous snake that I know of... I highly doubt the snake survived being all wrapped up in talons like that with no defense or offense.
 

Aimster

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why are u not giving us more details?

stop pulling a spider and tell us the whole story!!
 

Slimline

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Originally posted by: Ready
Originally posted by: Slimline
Originally posted by: Specop 007
Originally posted by: Slimline
Did he get the snake off the owl? I would of...Poor owl.

You would have quickly found out just how sharp that beak is too.


I have had similar encounters with animals...and I have found they seem to understand your good natrue when doing something to help them. By no means is this all the time, but I would take the chance. Not to mention, I have witnessed owls fly with some rather large prey in there claws. Wonder if he just could not get up, or was paralyzed?

Take the chance and get bitten by a poisoness snake?



Well I am not sure what kind of snake it is, so I would be quite careful to begin with. Obviosly photo taker wasnt to alarmed as the distance he is away. Without violating any animal cruelty laws or what not I generally am not very friendly towards said reptiles. Besides, Anti-Venom is locatted close by at the hospital :p
 

Paktu

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Originally posted by: Aimster
why are u not giving us more details?

stop pulling a spider and tell us the whole story!!


Look dude, honestly this is all I can tell you for right now. I'll see if I can find out more.