'That other snake's alive': Snake filmed regurgitating whole live snake on Texas roadside

A large black snake was caught on video regurgitating another snake that was still alive as a husband and wife watched on in shock.

Christopher Reynolds was driving with his wife from his mother's place when they spotted the snake expectorating something on the roadside.

"I stopped and backed up to take some photographs," Mr Reynolds wrote on the post to YouTube.

"Nina mentioned I should take some video. I am happy I did."

The snake looked like it was having trouble keeping something down. Source: YouTube/Christopher Reynolds
The snake looked like it was having trouble keeping something down. Source: YouTube/Christopher Reynolds

What started with the trickle of a tail coming from the black snake became a reptile gushing out in its entirety.

Over several seconds the brown snake exits the black snake tail first, the couple watching on amazed by the scene on the roadside near Newton, Texas.

'' 'Bloody legends': Man finds Tassie police selfie on his phone after night out
'' Blind woman, seeing eye dog turned away from Melbourne cafe
'' Newborn stuns doctors as she tries to walk minutes after birth

It started to regurgitate something that looked like another snake. Source: YouTube/Christopher Reynolds
It started to regurgitate something that looked like another snake. Source: YouTube/Christopher Reynolds
Turns out it was another snake. Source: YouTube/Christopher Reynolds
Turns out it was another snake. Source: YouTube/Christopher Reynolds

"That other snake's alive," Mr Reynolds said in the video.

When the black snake is finished expelling its dinner it then slithers away, its belly empty.

Dinner rejected, the brown snake got a second chance at life. Source: YouTube/Christopher Reynolds
Dinner rejected, the brown snake got a second chance at life. Source: YouTube/Christopher Reynolds

The dazed brown snake stays put as its predator slinks away, possibly as shocked as the couple who witnessed the beginning of its second chance at life.