Diamondback Watersnake Trying To Swallow A Large Catfish
You never know what you are going to see when walking along a creek bank. There was a lot of debris in the water due to thunderstorms & it took me awhile to figure out what I was looking at. The snake is a big female diamondback water snake & the fish turned out to be a yellow bullhead catfish. The snake has unhinged her jaw in an attempt to swallow the fish. You can see the fish's eye below the snake's eye.
Female Diamondback watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer)
Yellow Bullhead Catfish (Ameiurus natalis)
White Rock Lake, Dallas Texas
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
Diamondback Watersnake Trying To Swallow A Large Catfish
You never know what you are going to see when walking along a creek bank. There was a lot of debris in the water due to thunderstorms & it took me awhile to figure out what I was looking at. The snake is a big female diamondback water snake & the fish turned out to be a yellow bullhead catfish. The snake has unhinged her jaw in an attempt to swallow the fish. You can see the fish's eye below the snake's eye.
Female Diamondback watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer)
Yellow Bullhead Catfish (Ameiurus natalis)
White Rock Lake, Dallas Texas
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com