Death Match

[Tote]

got this email from a friend of mine:

True Life Story
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This has to be the weirdest thing that ever floated by me on the Snake River.  They were stuck together in death lock, each wanting to kill the other first.  My guess is that the falcon snatched up the tasty snake, and it somehow got its tail around the falcon's neck, strangling it in midair causing both of them to crash into the river.  They are both alive and well, considering.  I think a few more minutes and the snake would have won.  The tail was actually tied in a  knot around the neck, and getting tighter by the second.  I got the snake untied, and well, as you can see, they both made it.  This is another one of those stories you tell, and are always acknowledged with "yeah, right!"  Well, here's the proof.  Neither of them bit me or scratched me; the snake didn't want to stop biting the falcon's leg, and only let go after I had untied everything else.  I got the water out of the falcon's lungs with birdie inversion technique, and stayed with him until he was almost dried off in the sun, and flying a little.  Ball of snake and falcon, that is the weirdest thing I have pulled out of the water so far, it beats the wagon wheel!
 

[Salty.]

Wow! Tell your friend "Good job" from me.

[porky]

crazy, love that last shot of the falcon, hes like "WTF?"

what type of snake is that?

[Danglin]

Awesome stuff...

 Thanks for the photo journalism  ...

[Mooch]

all snakes must die 

[dilbeck]

Kill or be killed!

[wilderneshunter]

Gopher snake, great stuff wonderful event to take part in

[Rock Hopper]

Friggin' snake sure does look ungrateful. 

He's thinking, "damnit, I almost tought that bastard bird a lesson."

[Sailfish]

Remind me of the below cartoon    Thanks for sharing Tote.

[fisheducator]

Cool story 

[INSAYN]

Remind me of the below cartoon    Thanks for sharing Tote.

I was totally thinking of the same cartoon.  Good thing I read through all the replies and not just react to the original post first. 

[Mooch]

...snakes can never be trusted. That's why they call 'em "snakes"

[AlsHobieOutback]

Though it looks pretty real to me, with the photo's and all.  Something doesn't seem quite right, kinda like its a chainletter.  Didn't see it on snoops, but found some other sites describing the inaccuracies of the photos to the story.  Either way, a cool story though!  But, HONEY BADGER DOESNT CARE!!!

Reminds me of the mountain lion and the goat! http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=48808

[Wanna b NCKA]

My son learned the hard way not to pick up an inured bird of prey. his arm looked like a cat used it for a scratching post.

[CGN-38]

 

 OMG...........  That last picture was halarious! Classic! "That was my lunch dammit!"