At Hangzhou Zoo in
Zhejiang province, eastern China, zookeepers witnessed an unusual sight
after two live mice were placed in a snake’s enclosure for supper. Defying the natural
order (snake eats mouse, mouse passively complies), this astonishing set
of images shows what happens when one plucky rodent is unwilling to let
a viper take his friend. According to the keeper,
the second mouse usually hides while the snake devours his or her mate.
But after dinner had started, the other mouse attacked the snake and
bit him as it tried to kill its friend. While it was too late to
save him/her, the attacking mouse was given his freedom after the
keeper felt he’d earned his right to live.
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