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Great Blue Heron Eating a Garter Snake

A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) eats a garter snake that it caught in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. The heron stalked the snake in the grass and after catching it, tossed and turned the snake for two minutes so it was able to swallow it whole.

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A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) eats a garter snake that it caught in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. The heron stalked the snake in the grass and after catching it, tossed and turned the snake for two minutes so it was able to swallow it whole.