When I got close enough to look, I was beaten with horror. There wasn’t a rope. It was not a snake, either. In front of me crawled a slow-moving column of roughly 150 caterpillars, which I finally counted! They moved in a straight line, densely loaded together, as if guided by an invisible leader. I had no idea this was possible, let alone in my own yard! Where were … [Read more...] about I saw something strange in the grass and thought it was just a rope – but when I looked closer, I screamed in horror!
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A Photographer Captured the Incredible Moment a Snake Eel Escaped From a Heron’s Stomach
A harrowing scene straight out of a sci-fi movie unfolded in the skies above Maryland as a snake eel, swallowed whole by a heron, managed to escape its predator's grasp in a shocking twist of nature. Amateur photographer Sam Davis captured the extraordinary moment when the eel, using its hardened tail for digging, burst through the heron's throat while the bird was in … [Read more...] about A Photographer Captured the Incredible Moment a Snake Eel Escaped From a Heron’s Stomach