Ain't Your Territory, Mate! Watch Two Furious Snakes Fight to Establish Dominance

According to wildlife experts, snakes are not overtly aggressive towards one another and their fight is an elaborate wrestling match which may appear like a dance but is in fact an ordeal that can last up to an hour.

A video of two huge rat snakes combating for territorial dominance is going viral on Twitter and has garnered 4.3K likes.

In the video, the snakes can be seen knocking heads near a body of water and eventually raising themselves in the air, coiling around one another in an attempt to subdue each other. The forest officer who posted the video also said that the fight is also to defend their mate.

Rat snakes combat for dominance.
Two male fighting to define their territory & defend their mate. pic.twitter.com/FVn2FIXHte

— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) July 31, 2020

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