This snake was looking for an easy meal, but it wasn’t. It caught a baby monitor lizard, and the lizard put up a great fight.

Watch the moment caught on camera as a snake battles a monitor lizard.

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“This sighting proves that we should value the little things. You don’t just have to look out for what high-profile wild animals do, there is a lot to see when it comes to smaller creatures and sometimes what they do can be just as exciting to witness,” Kristy DeLange, a 49-year-old hospitality manager, told Latestsightings.com when she shared her experience with us. “My family and I visited MalaMala Game Reserve in March and I was sitting on the porch, reading a book, when I heard a noise. The next thing I saw was a reptile triangle! A western yellow-bellied sand snake and a young monitor lizard were biting each other.”

“Neither of them was willing to let go and it was definitely going to be a real battle to the death for these reptiles. At first, we were confused as to who was the real hunter and who was being hunted. Both creatures had a good grip and the balance of power seemed to constantly shift from one to the other.”

“The tension and excitement grew as the battle progressed and we couldn’t really tell which of the two would emerge victorious. Even as the battle continued into the second hour, neither of the two gave up. The suspense was amazing! The lizard tried to come back with a second wind several times, but once the snake finally restrained it and grabbed it by the snout, there was no way to escape.”

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“The sighting ended with a delicious and well-deserved meal for the snake. We were all completely stunned as we watched the snake swallow the monitor lizard whole! It was quite a rare but exciting sighting for us. Usually, cats and other high-profile animals get all the attention, and we often forget that all animals, insects and reptiles need to hunt and eat to survive. The lizard was a good size for the snake, so I don’t think it had to eat anything for a few weeks after that.”