An amateur wildlife photographer has shared the best picture that he reckons he's ever taken, and it's a pretty damn good one.

In the shot, a large eel can be seen making a desperate bid for freedom by burrowing out of the stomach of a heron whilst the bird is in flight.

Yep, that's a once in a lifetime spot, right there.

Sam Davis is an engineer from Maryland, but in his spare time he loves nothing more than grabbing his camera and seeking out some wildlife to capture.

The 58-year-old couldn't believe his luck when he saw a heron flying overhead with a snake eel that it had obviously recently eaten hanging out of it.

You see, snake eels have this hard-pointed tip on the end of their tails that can be used to dig their way out of trouble, should the need present itself.

When they get eaten, they use that to try to burrow out, like in this case.

Whilst they ordinarily spend their lives sitting in the sand at the bottom of the ocean, this one found itself hurtling through the air in the belly of a heron, and it decided to change that situation.

Speaking about how he got the picture, Davis explained: "I went to the refuge to photograph foxes and eagles and whatever else may be interesting.

"There were two young eagles that saw the herons predicament and were following him around, I assume they sensed a meal."

"Initially, I thought the heron was bitten on the neck by a snake or eel.

"When I got home and edited the photos I could see it was an eel that was coming through his neck. I could see his eyes and he was still alive."

For exactly how long the heron remained alive after the photo was taken is unclear, but the wound created by an eel burrowing out of from inside it would likely leave slightly more than just a scratch.

Either way, it created a unique opportunity for the lucky snapper standing beneath to watch the whole scene unfold.

If you want to catch any more of Sam's remarkable wildlife photographs, he shares them to his Instagram account.

Naturally, this shot came as a surprise even to the wildlife experts that he showed it to.

He continued: "The wildlife refuge said they have never seen anything like that before. It is kind of a morbid photo.


"There was also a fox who sensed that there was an animal in distress.

"He followed the heron also and kept an eye on the eagles."

Nature eh? It's constantly surprising, and usually terrifying.

Source: https://www.ladbible.com/news/animals-photographer-shares-picture-of-eel-burrowing-out-of-flying-heron-20201105.amp.html

: What have I just read and seen?!!!
Awesome!!! For me and all that believe, nobody can kill us unless we allow them. Like if you agree.

Disgusting

longetivity:
Disgusting

Don't be shallow-minded lilly-livered. You sound easily conquarable. Will you rather die than force your way out of what thought had consumed you? Learn the determination of being unkillable!

And the stupid bird was still on flight
The eel be like ... "We Move"


Moral of the story:
Never give up in life when you think its all over cos there's always light at the end of the tunnel.

Lalasticlala! Come and chee somchin!

Live to die another day!
Wheres Lalasticlacla sef

Great inspiration!

Triple wow!!! Fulanis herdmen that think they have swallowed the Yoruba Land and People, this is how they shall be taken by surprise and permanently destroyed! Ashe!!!

DIS GUS TIN

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Weytin concern niger with things like this

Disgusting shit

Its never over until you say it's over and throw in the trowel.

SolarKing1:
Don't be shallow-minded lilly-livered. You sound easily conquarable. Will you rather die than force your way out of what thought had consumed you? Learn the determination of being unkillable!

Oga respect his Opinion...we see things differently...it's both disgusting and astonishing to me ...difference is the spice of life

The bird no kill the eel before he swallow am, lesson : always chew and kill ur food before u swallow

HONESTFACT101:
lesson:Don't be as stupid as the bird......signing out

True talk

Nor go chop watin go kill you

Eel-luck has befallen the bird, death awaits.

The eel teaches us to never give up ... there's always a way.

The bird has learnt that you crush your enemies completely before declaring victory, if not flight turns to fright.

How?

Did the bird swallow it alive? Besides it's not burrowing but popping out of the bird because to burrow means to "dig into."

I just hope this is not photoshopped otherwise the bird should be dead by now.

This picture tells a thousand tales.
So the bird ate the ell, but the ell was alive to burrow out from the birds neck, awesome ,

Lesson, never give up in life, even if life has eaten you up like this bird, stand strong and burrow your way to success

The bird don carry wetin pass am

El-Rufai is also treading this path, he wan swallow wetin pass am and catch up with the unexpected

Yeah, the bird ought to have chew the eel...

noyioze:
Yeah, the bird ought to have chew the eel...

Choi! Why evils? Raw undiluted wickedness dwelleth in thee!

am feeling sick after seeing this. i think it's about time i drop my phone

Death is just the beginning

Pictorial evidence of how most Nigerians thought, saw and felt buhari prior to him officially becoming the president, would gather all of'em negative influences ND afflictions the country has been facing and destroy them all...

But then, corruption slipped away and it's back to hunting us!!

This menace called corruption really dey worry oo!!

LordGuru1:
An amateur wildlife photographer has shared the best picture that he reckons he's ever taken, and it's a pretty damn good one.

In the shot, a large eel can be seen making a desperate bid for freedom by burrowing out of the stomach of a heron whilst the bird is in flight.

Yep, that's a once in a lifetime spot, right there.

Sam Davis is an engineer from Maryland, but in his spare time he loves nothing more than grabbing his camera and seeking out some wildlife to capture.

The 58-year-old couldn't believe his luck when he saw a heron flying overhead with a snake eel that it had obviously recently eaten hanging out of it.

You see, snake eels have this hard-pointed tip on the end of their tails that can be used to dig their way out of trouble, should the need present itself.

When they get eaten, they use that to try to burrow out, like in this case.

Whilst they ordinarily spend their lives sitting in the sand at the bottom of the ocean, this one found itself hurtling through the air in the belly of a heron, and it decided to change that situation.

Speaking about how he got the picture, Davis explained: "I went to the refuge to photograph foxes and eagles and whatever else may be interesting.

"There were two young eagles that saw the herons predicament and were following him around, I assume they sensed a meal."

"Initially, I thought the heron was bitten on the neck by a snake or eel.

"When I got home and edited the photos I could see it was an eel that was coming through his neck. I could see his eyes and he was still alive."

For exactly how long the heron remained alive after the photo was taken is unclear, but the wound created by an eel burrowing out of from inside it would likely leave slightly more than just a scratch.

Either way, it created a unique opportunity for the lucky snapper standing beneath to watch the whole scene unfold.

If you want to catch any more of Sam's remarkable wildlife photographs, he shares them to his Instagram account.

Naturally, this shot came as a surprise even to the wildlife experts that he showed it to.

He continued: "The wildlife refuge said they have never seen anything like that before. It is kind of a morbid photo.


"There was also a fox who sensed that there was an animal in distress.

"He followed the heron also and kept an eye on the eagles."

Nature eh? It's constantly surprising, and usually terrifying.

Source: https://www.ladbible.com/news/animals-photographer-shares-picture-of-eel-burrowing-out-of-flying-heron-20201105.amp.html

the end of the road for the bird

Damn



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Na so me I the force my way comot for naja

Like for real?! What big lesson for all. Why is this wonderful thread not on FP yet?