Goanna takes on red-bellied black snake in incredible showdown
A goanna and a red-bellied black snake have been filmed in a savage combat that has left many social media users shocked.
Footage of the face off was shared online by Queensland tour agency Unique Fraser and when viewing the video many agree it does not seem to be a fair match up.
One Facebook user said the goanna was acting “like a dog with a toy rope,” adding the snake “didn’t stand a chance”.
“ Lizard 1, snake 0,” Another person added.
Mark “The Snake Hunter” Pelley told Yahoo 7 he believes the lizard is shaking the snake to kill it and that almost always a monitor will win.
“They’re just too big,” he said.
“In nature size is everything… usually, and the snakes can’t eat that monitor but the monitor can eat the snake.”
Mr Pelley added: “Monitors just eat everything that crosses their path and snakes tend to run away from anything except their food.”
The snake catcher said monitor lizards are very powerful and run extremely fast.
He said it might be different outcome if it is a little monitor against a much, much bigger snake.
The video has been viewed close to 190,000 times since it was uploaded on Tuesday.
