We all know how the ecosystem?works - remember the lesson about ecosystem in class six? Wild animals prey on each other to survive and sustain themselves,?that is the way nature functions. However, when one watches videos of one animal attacking another, it does inspire awe and fear. A snake attacking a deer does is not really news, however, this video of a python sneaking up on a deer is bound to give you the chills.?
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An unsuspecting herd of deer was chilling near a pool of water in Maharashtra. In the video one can see, that a slight movement alerted them but when nothing happened the deer went back to drinking water. However, just then a sneaky python jumped out of the water and nabbed one of the deer and took it into the water, while the other deer ran for their lives.
It all happened in a matter of seconds. The video was shared by IFS Susanta Nanda with the caption, ¡®One of the clip from E surveillance Video of Central Chanda Division from Maharashtra. When pythons kill prey, they use a kind of ambush technique by jumping & striking the prey, grabbing it with their teeth in around 50 milliseconds only. (Humans take 200ms to blink an eye)¡¯.
While there is nothing out of the ordinary about a snake hunting another animal for food, people seemed surprised by the python's swiftness. One person commented, ¡®I didn¡¯t know pythons could be this swift!!! Phewww¡¯.?
Well, here is to nature surprising us once again.?