There are many animals in nature that seem to be out of touch, but in fact they are partners and partners.
Wolverines and ravens, rhinos and hornbills, for example, are partners, and they each have their own place, either for food or for their own safety.
But the world is big, there are no surprises, as long as you are good at observation, there may be many unexpected new discoveries.
Some time ago, a 59-year-old part-time animal photographer named Sam Davis in Delaware, USA, accidentally photographed a pair of "magical combinations" when he went to the local animal and plant sanctuary to photograph goshawks and foxes.
The "pairing" were herons and snake eels, which were flying together in the sky. What's going on?
Davis was pointing his camera at a pair of goshawks not far away, but he found a heron less than 100 meters away from him, and a snake eel was hanging from the neck of the flying heron.
The two animals were so active and in very good shape that Davis thought he had discovered a new pair of creatures that were paired with each other.
But on second thought, the heron has ever swallowed a snake eel, is it because when they fought, the snake eel bit the heron's neck?
Davis immediately drove wildly, tracking down the heron and the snake eel for filming, but he found that the heron was not much different from usual, not too much like being bitten by the snake eel on the neck, and there was a feeling of discomfort.
The herons flew like this for a while, then landed on the surface of the water to rest for a while, sometimes taking off, sometimes landing, looking leisurely.
The snake eel has been hanging on the neck of the heron like a bib, Davis was also confused at the time, but the heron was very alert, a little close to the heron will fly away, helpless Davis can only take a lot of photos to go home and slowly check.
People who are more familiar with animals know that snake eels can sometimes become food for other fish or birds. The snake eel hung around the heron's neck for so long, why didn't the heron eat the snake eel?
Davis hurried home with his camera, enlarging the photos one by one and looking closely. Finally surprised to find that the snake eel did not bite the heron or hang on the heron's neck, but drilled out of the hole in the heron's neck, he could not help but exclaim, there is such a coincidence.
In this way, the whole incident gradually became clear, it is likely that when the heron was preying, it swallowed a snake eel, and the snake eel did not die immediately in the stomach of the heron, but still maintained its vitality, and the snake eel tried its best to break the skin of the heron's stomach and neck, and drilled out most of its body to ask for life.
Davis also found through his memories that when the heron flew with the snake eel, there were two goshawks in the sky that followed the heron all the time, and a fox on the ground was also staring at the heron, and it was also chasing the heron.
It seems that the animals' observation ability is so strong that they may have already noticed that the heron is injured, and they are waiting for the heron to fall down with the snake eel, and the fox and the goshawk can enjoy this feast.
However, the result surprised the eagle and the fox, and no one expected that although the heron was pierced by the stomach and neck of the snake eel, the heron could still fly freely in the air calmly, and often landed on the shoal, flying and falling, as if such a serious injury had no effect on it at all.
Before Davis left, the fox and goshawk still found nothing, and the heron was still alive and well.
It seems that the animals' desire to survive is very strong, and this is true for snake eels and herons. In order to survive on their own, they have to struggle until they only have one breath left, and no one has conceded defeat, which is really admirable.
So where is the snake eel sacred? Let the heron swallow it and even get out of the heron's stomach to survive?
Snake eel is a relatively common fish in the sea, many people also like sea fishing or sea eagle snake eel, they belong to the eel family, there are more than 200 species, in the Atlantic Ocean, The Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean many tropical and temperate seas or shoals can be found.
From a distance, snake eels resemble snakes, and larger individuals can grow up to 1.2 meters. Full of sharp teeth, with a certain degree of aggression. The snake eel is more peculiar about its tail, its tail is sharp and sharp, like a cone, it can use its tail to build a cave on the seabed, and it can also use its tail for defense.
Many large and medium-sized fish will prey on snake eels, and a few birds will prey on snake eels, but scientists have observed that snake eels are swallowed by birds or fish, and will use their sharp tails to pierce the stomach and body skin of predators, so that they can escape.
Snake eels have a very strong desire to survive, but in many cases. Although the snake eel drilled through the stomach, it could not penetrate the outer wall of the intestinal cavity that was tougher than the stomach, so in many cases, no matter how hard the snake eel tried, it was fruitless.
Scientists have collected dozens of fish carcasses that feed on snake eels, and found that their stomachs are drilled through by snake eels, but the snake eels still do not open the outer wall of the intestinal cavity, so they all die in the belly of the fish.
It seems that this heron is not very smart, and this snake eel is also considered to be lucky. Herons are generally not small animals such as small fish, shrimps, frogs, etc., and their long mouths have evolved to eat fish.
Maybe this heron was too hungry to eat, so it swallowed a snake eel alive, causing the snake eel to drill out of its body and die nine times.
So what happened to this heron and this snake eel? The heron was still in very good shape before Davis returned home, but the snake eel had been out of the water for too long, slowly losing its vitality, and must have died in a short time.
And the heron I think can not survive, by the snake eel drilled a hole in the stomach, without human active intervention and treatment, the heron will definitely die of wound infection.
For this matter, I can only sigh, the world is so big, there is no strange thing, the heron and the snake eel can form such a magical combination, what do you want to say? The picture comes from the Network, and the intrusion must be deleted.