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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Photo by James McNair
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

Great Blue Heron is a large Heron which eats almost anything it can swallow. This time a Banded Water Snake

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Comments (2)
James McNair
SukanyaDatta all in all about 10-15 minutes. He took most of the time trying to kill it. The swallowing was pretty quick
SukanyaDatta
I could not tear my eyes away from the third photo. How long from start to finish swallowing the slithering snake?
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2020

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