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Avideo of a snake attempting to eat itself has emerged online, with the cannibal reptile managing to swallow almost half of its own body before being rescued.

In a Facebook Live video, Jesse Rothacker, from the Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary in Pennsylvania, is seen trying to free the kingsnake from its own jaws. However, the animal resists his attempts as it tries to eat even more of its own body.

Kingsnakes are nonvenomous, opportunistic predators that normally kill their prey by constriction. They are known to eat other snakes—including venomous rattlesnakes—and sometimes mistake their own tails for food. Normally, they take a bite then realize their error.
 

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