This unsuspecting large green insect getting eaten whole by a venomous snake will give you goosebumps

An amateur photographer has snapped some startling gone-in-a-gulp images of a venomous snake devouring an unlucky bug at Ozark National Forest in Arkansas in United States. Charlton McDaniel of Fort Smith says he was “fascinated and captivated” to see a copperhead eat a newly emerged cicada at dusk on July 17.

The 42-year-old McDaniel told The Associated Press that he was in the forest for some moonlight kayaking when he noticed a molting cicada. McDaniel says the snake showed up, and he twice scared off the reptile but eventually, the reptile grabbed the insect.

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McDaniel also took to Facebook to share a series of image of the captivating incident. “I got lucky the other night and caught two events in one near the Mulberry River. I noticed a cicada nymph crawling on the ground and was hoping it would stop soon to molt and emerge when I saw how it looked, he wrote in the post’s caption. “I was excited when it did, but then something unexpected happened afterwards that made me jump at first. A copperhead snuck up to eat it. I scared it off twice to finish taking sequence pictures, but the third time it was successful,” he further added.

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See the story of the insect and the snake unfold below in pictures: (Pic courtesy - Charlton McDaniel)

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Excitement ran high in people as they commented on this unusual series of images. “WOW,WOW,WOW!!!!!!” wrote a Facebook user. “This series of photos is epic,” wrote another. “Awesome pictures don’t see that everyday,” wrote a third. ‘Amazing pictures!’ commented some other Facebook user. See the Facebook post here.

McDaniel says the copperhead became aware of his presence, finished swallowing the cicada and slithered off.

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