{"id":441,"date":"2025-06-25T15:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=441"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:23:37","slug":"cobra-battles-brown-snake-eagle-in-deadly-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=441","title":{"rendered":"Cobra Battles Brown Snake Eagle In Deadly Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A cobra put up a stout defence after being ambushed by a snake eagle. With its hood raised, the snake managed to keep the raptor guessing, leading to a surprising outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This video was sent to Latest Sightings by Catherine. She and her companion witnessed the incident on the H7 near Satara in Kruger National Park, South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi8tbIw3kxDxJOI8ijaZKXe9gQ4DqycuRwtbUeQ9EDMqnSIn7-TMLx1r0Zje2RnEE5XCtE-2DH0SS_3dGJJkWyawuOL6GKXgdvWxar_A-kyVrMrR6sIXN2zlpu-KdaTA-ny-h7hqFaaOhOpeA5e9_yc8hWQ0DlEjy05xX3T2ypEMm9_6a9Vs2GDyBbq5HU\/s1600\/Cobra%20Battles%20Brown%20Snake%20Eagle%20In%20Deadly%20Showdown.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Got Something<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the opening scene of Catherine\u2019s video, we see a large raptor, identified as a brown snake eagle. There are 13 species of snake eagles worldwide, all of which feed mainly on snakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cobra vs Brown Snake Eagle - Latest Wildlife Sightings\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XiCsW0xyP_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking down, it draws our attention to a snake on the ground at its feet. Catherine\u2019s companion noted that the eagle had released the snake\u2019s head and was now gripping it by the tail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snake Identified<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the eagle adjusted its grip, the snake moved, revealing itself to be a cobra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its flared hood is an indication that it belonged to the venomous family, later identified as a snouted cobra (Naja annulifera).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cobra put up a stout defence after being ambushed by a snake eagle. With its hood raised, the snake managed to keep the raptor guessing, leading to a surprising &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":442,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions\/442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}