According to the Daily Mail, Graeme Mitchley, a teacher from Johannesburg, took the video while visiting Kruger National Park.
Mitchley said he was leaving the park when he saw an eagle swooping down to the ground, its target being an African snake. This is a poisonous snake, known as the “coffin” of death in Africa.
The eagle dragged the snake to the side of the road and began to cut the flesh. The eagle proved to be experienced when repeatedly pecking at the head and eyes of its prey, making it unable to fight back with its venomous fangs.
The eagle then devoured the venomous snake alive. Graeme said: ‘I’m sorry for the snake and the sight was not easy. To this day, I still feel what snakes have to endure when being eaten.”
“Not many people like snakes, especially poisonous snakes, but this was a slow and excruciatingly painful death,” Graeme explained.
According to Graeme, eagles often use sharp claws to kill prey. But in this case, the eagle decided to eat its prey alive.
“I think the eagle paralyzed the snake, making it unable to raise its head to fight back, even though it was still alive,” Graeme explained.
The eagle is also very wise, eating only the flesh of a poisonous snake. The body part containing the venom was left on the roadside.
By the next day, Graeme said she could no longer see the deadly snake carcass, presumably some species that could digest the venom that had eaten up the rest.
In confrontations with eagles in Kruger National Park, snakes never had a chance to fight back, whether it was a cobra or a mamba. Great flying in the sky also has unlimited field of view, making the snake lucky to be able to escape.