Woodpecker vs Snake

That woodpecker didn't have a chance.

I was expecting a dramatic finish, like the wood pecker flies down from above with a katana and decapitates the snake. I was sorely disappointed. >:C

Everyone seems let down that the snake won. But to an insect, the woodpecker is a snake.

everyone is let down the snake one bc ppl fear snake and not woodpeckers. also, ppl fear insects more than woodpeckers as well.

not everyone fears snakes, the reason you root for the woodpecker is because of the backstory, the woodpeckers eggs and nest being attacked by the snake. If it had been the otherway around people would want the snake to revenge the woodpecker.

Hard, too early, to tell who won.

Snakes are highly vulnerable to skin damage and puncture wounds and given a warm, moist germ laden environment, like the Amazon perhaps, it is entirely possible that snake may have enjoyed its last meal. Not all victories involve returning home with the head of an opponent and a parade. A quick jab followed by a slow infection and painful death a week later still counts.

It is also possible that one or more eggs may have survived the snakes predation. How many eggs does that species of pecker usually lay? Getting pecked on seems to have distracted the snake. Distracted soon enough? Remains to be seen. Seems the snake got at least one.

Of course if the snake was damaged enough to be debilitated, or die, losing a clutch of eggs might still be considered victory. Predator gone the pecker can lay more.

By the way, here's a link to a higher resolution version of the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTMuMK2KOn8&fmt=18

Saw this a month or so ago at cyberthrush's site and was amazed at the woodpecker's determination; I've seen other bird species (even bigger ones) cower at the presence of a snake at their nestsite.

It's back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISAlxB3_d1U