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A mother duck sits on a gopher snake in her nest in Suisun Marsh

By Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
A mother duck returns to her nest while a gopher snake is in the nest at night and the duck sits on the snake
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A gopher snake slithers into a duck nest in Suisun Marsh, attempting to eat the eggs, but the hen returns and sits on the snake and eggs, seemingly not noticing the snake.

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Public Domain.