Krachun, who easily cracks down on the most dangerous reptiles (6 photos)

Herpetophobia - the fear of snakes - is quite common. phenomenon. And even without phobias, people, like other living creatures, try bypass them. There is already a very high chance of losing your life. But this handsome winged snake sees something like we do any gummy worms.





Krachun, whose habitat includes the southeast and east Europe, North Africa, as well as the warm regions of Asia, dangerous hissing loves to the point of losing consciousness. Not in the sense of friendship, but there is. snakes like this interest is not at all welcome. On the contrary, they try to hide from vigilant eyes of the serpent eagle - a Red Book bird from the genus of eagles. After all approaching, the bird squeezes the unfortunate snake in its arms. Yes such strong, that the spine would get enough sleep in a moment, but does not have time.



The snakes, having felt the flapping of the wings of the krachun, quickly spread out in different directions and merge with the terrain. But the vision the birds are magnificent. The snake-eater does not hesitate when attacking the defender snake. However, usually few people manage to reach the defense stage. IN in the vast majority of cases, the krachun manages to deal with prey before she figured something out.





At the same time, the bird is honored by the fact that it does not have immunity to poison. The guarantee of success is dense plumage and delightful speed reaction. Blow - and the bird is already feasting on the contents of the snake skins. No, if the krachun is hungry, he will consume the entire prey. But more often turns on the esthete mode and, like candy, saves the delicacy from wrappers to devour the contents.



Even chicks are accustomed to the snake-eater to such a snake diet. AND no biting - eat the whole snake at once. Of course kids fiddling around for a long time, trying to consume a long lunch. But then for a long time full and do not whine, begging for more.



The coverage area in terms of living and hunting for snakes is about 30-35 kilometers. Birds also nest at the same distance from each other, so as not to compete, because they can even fight, seeing in the paws of a more successful competitor the coveted prey.



The bird is silent, leads a closed lifestyle, but at the same time has a luxurious voice, the capabilities of which males demonstrate chosen ones during the marriage period. In wildlife, birds have practically no enemies. Except for a person. But there's nothing you can do about it.