Viral Video: Snake Catches Currawong While Dangling From Telephone Pole

Footage of a snake catching its prey while dangling from a telephone pole in New South Wales has left viewers online both dazzled and appalled. The nearly two and a half long video shows a snake – likely a python – methodically coil around a currawong after successfully snagging it from an unlikely “assault position.”

Here’s a short clip from the video:

Currawongs, for those wondering, actually consist of three species of medium-sized passerine birds native to Australasia. As you can see, they share a close resemblance to crows and ravens, but are only distantly related.

The true currawongs are a little larger than the Australian magpie, smaller than the ravens (except possibly the little raven, which is only slightly larger on average), but broadly similar in appearance. They are easily distinguished by their yellow eyes, in contrast to the red eyes of a magpie and white eyes of Australian crows and ravens. Currawongs are also characterised by the hooked tips of their long, sharply pointed beaks.

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