Woodpecker vs. egg eating Yellow-bellied Puffing Snake (Pseustes sulphureus)

[XxinthezonexX]

if I was there I would grab my machete and chop that cunts head off! I hate god damn snakes. I love to kill them :)

[natbelhome]

A sad story for the bird... You are very lucky to catch such moment. Did the bird survive? win?

[RilesReptiles1]

That was incredible!!!!!

[LadyBarricade]

There needs to be a woodpecker pokemon now after seeing this one take damage like that and still fight.

Poor mother bird was trying to save her babies but that is nature, snake is sure going to have some scars.

[armariolimpio]

El video no es en brasil...(-.-)" es en Perú (acento del guia)

[macleine031]

The snake was like you're pecking on the wrong wood bitch!!!

[RDJ1109]

What the fuck. Holy shit.

[wolf324]

Crimson crested woodpecker of south america

[alanheath]

Absolutely amazing footage!

I would have thought that small woodpeckers would have been ideal food for Pseustes sulphureus - so I don't understand why this one keeps coming back for more!

[wshreek]

dont move the fucking boat!!!!

[charity1999love]

should the bird have stayed wit the eggs in the first place

[lialammas]

Please tell me that the woodpecker wins , After loosing his eggs I cannot take it if we also loose the bird.

[shortiewon]

Awww ='( the woodpecker was just trying to save it's babies. I admire the fact that it did whatever it could, it's probably injured.. poor thing.

[marinatednuts]

the guy saying dont move the boat is acting surprise when in reality he knew the snake might come out since he was already talking about the snake before hand.he was trying to give the tourist in the boat a show.you an tell by the jolly smile on his face

[hashs003]

alright alright ! i wont move the boat ;)

[Misspuck111]

lol mark salling brought me here! same lol! :)

[JesusGodHolySpirit3]

I hope it wasn't a poisonous snake poor birdy it was soo brave! yucky snake

[TheGunNRose]

The force is strong in that bird...

[guillermo211z]

@TheGunNRose rly? that's your comment? -.-

[alikitiki]

Don't move the boat or I"ll fucking kill y'all

[1216mredchie]

If I were there......I might have said "don't move the boat " also , then I'll chop the head of that creepy thief, then he can move the boat !

[aeternamx]

it is a bird and a snake. There is ni actual 'evil.' It's called nature and this is how things happen. Neither the bird is this amazing champion of the light side or is it a trespasser and the snake is by no means the representation of evil or whatever. Some people's comments..even in jest...ridiculous.

[metalicrobot66]

W0-AH

haha, i love the cameraman guy :)

[renatastarzforeve21]

mark salling is my love haha

[bsthamilin]

Someone said that we haven't woodpeckers in Brazil ... but yes, we have!

[aips0]

The snake in the end is like ''If glance could kill'' because of the stupid comments the cameraman did.

[chikarita1410]

That was pretty bad ass

[WakkoLuver39]

PICA PAU!

[alativalmis]

OMG poor snake, the evil bird went to disturb him in his sleep...

[cmdrSTARSCREAM]

@alativalmis ... more like the snake was eating the woodpecker's egg/chicks and the bird was fighting to rescue them

[SugarRayDi]

@alativalmis That fucking snake was trespassing. How you gonna defend a thief? What if someone came into your house to steal your shit wouldn't you try to kick his ass and throw him out of the house? God bless the woodpecker and fuck that snake.

[blackzero786]

eh in nature there is no such thing as "trespassing" after all it is a term made up by human, to "trespass" by definition is to "illegally enter someone's property" however animals are not bound by human rules so therefore it is just seen as the "hunt" and in all reality, the strong survive within nature we humans just have tried repeatedly to ignore those rules

[KeeperReptile]

@SugarRayDi How retarded you are... Please, don't reproduce.

[burt666]

obviously fake

[KatieSimpson94]

Mark Salling is the reason I watched this! and yes. this video is awesome <3

[KrackdMonkey]

if they kept fighting that woodpecker would have won

[charcutie4]

MARK SALLING!!!

[Tarefall]

Beautiful, brave bird.

[TaylorFanClub1]

Ya Mark Salling this is cool ;). Wahh I wanna meet him -3

[xTimeOfMyLife21]

Thumbs up if Mark Salling brought you here!

[LELLA260]

Thumbs up if Mark Salling brought you here! :D

[jessicaxoxoadriana]

i want to marry mark

js 

[YounngRose]

Damn, this was intense. Get the fck outta the way you ABUSIVE evil, satan, snake bitch! Im on team Woodpecker. I love the bird, and hate the snake. But...am I the only one who didn't know snakes could hang out tree's like that? Yea, probably, lol. Me and Mark have stuff in common, lol. He's more interested in nature and his grandma than attention and interviews. I love that. Great vid. Oh, and ni case you couldnt tell, I hate snakes. =)

[PopCulture20]

Isn't Mark Salling the coolest of the cool? LOL

[OddmentTweak]

CURSE YOU, SNAKE!!!!

[ShmxxyBEAST]

LOL Mark and his birds :D

[OneFortunateAccident]

was the snake eating the woodpecker's eggs?

[ZaiaRan98]

I was thinking:''Hey I bet most of the comments are gonna be about Mark Sailling'' and guess what? :P

[crazylizer27]

Oh nature. You so silly.

[kiekeboema]

Mark Salling, this is not funny this is a pathetic little bird I feel sad for the bird

[jessicaxoxoadriana]

LMAO mark brought me here

whatta cutie :P 

[peaceloveandglee]

Wow mark really loves birds lol

[CarolyneBotelho]

i live in Brazil, i don't think we have woodpeckers here...

[JoshleyxoxoLover]

mark you are so lame haha :)

[frogbitedaddio]

Live to breed another day dude!

[LittleRavenHawk]

OMG THIS IS INSANE!!!

[loveulikeabutton]

Hahaha Mark Salling posted this on Twitter, but I didn't read the title before watching it so I nearly shat myself when the snake came out :D

[sonson226]

Mark Salling was right! Freakin crazy brave bird!

[MyScarlettLady]

Team Woodpecker!

[katiewasherexoo]

Thanks, Mark...hahahaha

[jkitty33]

the snake is looking at me!

[tanyakapler]

what in the world am I watching...thanks Mark...you are teaching my so much about birds

[caarammba]

GOD BLESS MARK SALLING

[greghankins1655]

that pecker is gonna be sore!

[melanie1190]

Mark Salling sent me haha so random

[VerucaSalt79]

Oh, Mark.

[theCrazySammie]

Mark Salling brought me here :)

[sarahkinzz18]

@theCrazySammie L:OLOLOLOL, same !

[bswet2092]

@theCrazySammie Same here!!

[Exevv]

@theCrazySammie Yeah, me too hahaha

[JustAnne100]

@theCrazySammie Yeaa, Me too xD

[lowvoicegreatsong44]

@theCrazySammie me too :)

[trombonespiderballer]

@theCrazySammie Haha me, too.

[tgchan]

very brave pekcer

[thk899]

Looks like a Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus).

[psychobillynumbnuts1]

I wish the woodpecker would of pocked the snake eye out or that guy filming

[SteveSabbai]

...woodpecker is like "Get the fark outa my tree!!!"...

[EvanQuinn07]

I'm thinking this would've ended differently if that'd been a Bald Eagle nest...mother eagle probably would've been feeding her eaglets snake for dinner

[BloodxElf]

@EvanQuinn07 lol hell ya

[drdanr]

This video is all over youtube and on most others it says it was filmed at Itchnatuckee in Florida. Pileated woodpeckers are out here and if this was indeed filmed here that's a yellow rat snake (Elaphe obsolete quadrivittata). If it is in Brazil then Pseustes sulphureus is right ( I googled it)

[krsvivek]

Brave woodpecker!!

[saberallen5]

i would've help the bird and chopped the snakes head off with an axe

[ATspitfire]

Woody never got the eviction notice.

[sydoz1956]

i want to know if he got the snake out??

[MrZicosm]

abbel a u woodpecker

[westfern]

i would have moved the boat

[HisNameIsAmit01]

"dont move the boat" fucking cunt...that snake should have sprung out and stung him in his fucking eyeball!

[chrisb1953]

Didn't Pinocchio have a wood pecker ?

[jtdiver]

ha "don't move the boat!". this is awesome thanks for posting.

[videoman223]

The snake is like, WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT SHIRLEY! Why are you coming back home! I told you to leave!

[blazin1122]

2.42 : ur eggs are next big boi

[khalid5544omar]

good sudia arbia

[arielista]

You guys got it wrong he was just trying to sing Don't Rock The Boat. LOL

[SlimeTron5000]

MOVE THE FUCKING BOAT.

[supersonicshadowfan]

you dont see that every day

[wildlife011803]

that wood peckers gots balls.4 all we know that snake could be poisonous and they don't egg eating Yellow-bellied Puffing Snake 4 nothin he/she was probably defendings it youngin its home from that snake.but its probably not venomous because very few snake compared 2 the other couple thousand use venome 2 kill ther prey.

[ASSAFADMONI]

Well - I am the one who took this video. It was at PERU Amazon basin - yarapa River.

And I yelled don't move the boat as I was standing up and everyone was so excited I nearly fell + I needed to keep the camera steady.

As someone wrote, this is a one in a lifetime shot. Non of the guides at the Lodge I was staying ever saw such a thing, they where even more exited then I.

[Jbear9]

Did that snake eat poor Woodie's eggs? I bet wildlife photographers wait years to get a shot like this!

Its pretty amazing.

[srv48]

amazing bird

[suzanne0512]

This very same video is posted on YouTube as occurring in Florida --- which is it???

[jamesfromwimbledon]

@tomsega You're obviously not a cameraman then. This a once in a million lifetimes chance to shoot this behaviour - a steady boat is kind of crucial.

[laphant]

muzzle for the guide???dont move the what???boat?coat ?goat?

repetition ad nauseum...but nice vid of animal interaction..

[tomsega]

When he said "Don't move the boat" for the third unnecessary time, it made me want to hit him. And move the boat.

[poweredparagliding]

@tomsega

Haha good one, me too!

[cedarpointgirl11]

@poweredparagliding

same here!

[jamesfromwimbledon]

@tomsega obviously never tried to film anything in a boat

[jamesfromwimbledon]

@tomsega You've obviously never filmed anything scientifically important from a boat then.

[jamesfromwimbledon]

@tomsega You're obviously not a cameraman then. This a once in a million lifetimes chance to shoot this behaviour - a steady boat is kind of crucial.

[darkapaul]

@tomsega ur right.. i just want to tackle his ass off the boat right now

[samsing900]

Lol he pecking the snake then surrender so funny

[Milchkartoffel]

I like the guide saying "DONT MOVE THE BOAT" 100 Times xD

[Benzenering1004]

Snake fiber ftw.

[Tsubahi]

Woody vs. Anaconda.XD

[bjulialacer3]

Never see that bird by me! Oh shoot, I didn't watch the whole thing...what's wrong with that bird anyway....dummy! I want the birdie to live....

[WarOnMarz]

holy shit that bird is thugged out

[yaroukh]

I would have clubbed that snake to death. I know you're gonna say "this is mother nature, we're not supposed to interfere"... But guess what, we're part of this ecosystem too. (I guess you love the video where hippo tries to save gazelle from cros.)

I would be one element of nature fighting another one to save yet another one. (Somehow the hippo decided he picked one side too.)

[united768]

@yaroukh if you don't live there, you're not part of the community. this fight between the snake and the woodpecker is a type of competition that takes place naturally. plus the woodpecker is probably iteroparitic, so it reproduces in seasonal cycles.

[raschdieek]

@yaroukh Yeah, we're "part" of the ecosystem, though we've kinda removed ourselves. We have a major impact, but we're not the 'savage' type, I guess you could say. We don't go around raiding the cribs of mothers to eat the babies to sustain us. If you saved that woodpecker's nest, I don't think the woodpecker would remember you a day afterward.

I guess I'm saying, why? What enrages you about it? (It was a very roundabout way to ask that question, I will admit.)

[yaroukh]

@raschdieek "Are you saying that the woodpecker wouldn't even call me after I'd saved his nest?" *cries*

LOL

Ofc. I don't expect a bird to remember me for that. It is just that if I saw a snake eating babies of any animal (except for little Greenpisses) it would probably temporarily boost my negative feelings about snakes to the level where I would put my rational and reserved thinking aside.

[cmdrSTARSCREAM]

@yaroukh so when the snake kills the woodpeckers young to survive that's not ok, but when you "club" it to death because of your moral insights that's ok? Right. You have just EXPERTLY demonstrated why we shouldn't get involved. If you really wanna get involved and do something for your ecosystem, go recycle a plastic bag.

[snak3zar3c00l]

snake WIN :D

[Emilaze]

dude, having this snake, it is same for human-being as earning million euro.

[sparverius81]

Despite an earlier comment stating that the woodpecker is a Pileated Woodpecker, the bird is definitely a male Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos).

[someoneoverthere1]

trying to protect his nest...

[joch84]

Is in Peru!!

[beatricea1982]

what a persistant woorpecker, doesn't give up.

[omerj2000]

Mother's instinct

[Empathisantin57]

What for a BRAVE-Father...

[amessad]

Well, do we know what happened at the end?

[alexanderwotl]

what haapened afterwards?

[spinn4]

scared me too, isn't that snake poisonious, no way that bird is immune to that if it does contain lethal venom.

[123colors]

at first the snake scared me it came out of nowhere!! :O

[nuandii]

The woodpecker survived?

I mean... The snake seems to bite him to death...

Thanks

[MegaCrash88]

He was eating the egg... What the hell egg, ha? He just lives here ;0

[smoothieking157]

is the snake poisonous?

[poweredparagliding]

@smoothieking157

No.

[Brownzz07]

@smoothieking157 *venomous

[taatugirl]

omg :o

very brave woodpecker :D

[CollegeBoundCutie17]

I wonder if he was really trying to woody's eggs? poor thing the snake was probably all up in his terriotory:(

[mjrcl]

This woodpecker is funny :D

[DeathMetalHimself]

Puff snakes are bird eating snakes, not egg eating snakes. They are different species. This video shows a beautiful puff snake.

[Feimaot]

wow brave woodpecker he is 5stars from me

[RadioReporter01]

@Feimaot

That would be she. It's a mother defending her babies

[Xrustalik24]

OMG this woodpecker is insane :( I and very brave lol

[RadioReporter01]

@Xrustalik24

No, it's called "mommy". Show some respect

[Xrustalik24]

this is freaking crazy :( I think the woodpecker should calm down lol

[Jaredo66]

lol the woodpecker is like "get the f out of my house fool!!!"

[73Hellsbells73]

The snake is possibly a Green Tree Python ??

[Bokum03]

That's one tough woodpecker!

[dawn8882]

i don't think this snake is a yellow bellied puffer snake, i looked it up cause i wanted to know if it was venomous and the description of it says it is brown or black on top this snake is all green...any other thoughts

[Hydrocorax]

@dawn8882 It's definitely a Pseuestes sulphureus. Not venomous. There's some individual variation in color, but this one looks pretty typical to me.

[NorrisPimp]

fuck that was awesome! I wanted to see the snake eat the bird though!

[cooperhawk1]

Who is ispeaking Spanish? sounds good.

[gardnie07]

crimson crested woodpecker. I saw one in Ecuador.

[hebafd]

What happened to the woodpecker??? Need to know!!! Did it survive the attack??

[35yearold]

WOW!

[johnnyattack]

Any one know if the bird managed to hunt the snake away, or how did it end?

[markscudder]

DON MOOV DUH BOAT

[HannahEMiddleton]

don't move the boat

[shivalingham]

This feisty chap is a Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus). It closely resembles the Pileated species but has white converging lines on its back, while the Pileated's back is all black. The Lineated is found from Central America to Northern Argentina (this video was shot in Brazil), while the Pileated is found only in North America. Both are huge, about 18" beak to tail, so the snake that's invaded its nest is no pushover by any means.

[palustrine]

woohoo! looks like Helmeted Woodpecker (Dryocopus galeatus).

[antpitta]

Woodpecker species is a male Crimson Crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melonoleucos). White dot on the cheek diagnostic separating it from other tropical crested woodpecker species. Great video. Wish I was there!

[Transmogrificator]

That´s one tough pecker.

[NataliaDelano]

Awesome video!

[amylbux]

Is the woodpecker a Campephilus melanoleucos?

Fantastic footage!

[hraney]

@amylbux

Yes it is, despite the other comments.

[Hydrocorax]

The woodpecker is a Crismson-crested Woodpecker (Capephilus melanoleucos).

[snakescientist]

For anyone interested, the snake species is Pseustes sulphureus, and are native to the Amazon river basin. They are non venomous, semi arboreal, and feed on rodents, birds, etc. Obviously, they are quite adept at raiding birds' nests and consuming nestling birds and eggs. The woodpecker is defending the nest site against attack. (I forgot the woodpecker species, but it's NOT a pileated woodpecker).....will check my books and post the species. Pseustes sulphureus are bad ass snakes...

[BackEddy29]

@snakescientist Thanks thats interesting stuff! I was unsure of why the woodpecker was so persistent. Appreciate your insight.

[azFoinix]

@BackEddy29 Birds many times still defend their nests and try to intimidate the intruder even if eggs or little ones have been eaten. If they dont do it, they know he will be back. So they have to fight as far as they can, to let know there's someone protecting that place or they have to find another safer nest... which is extremely laborious in the case of a woodpecker

[BackEddy29]

@snakescientist in fact, it is very interesting!

[nevarbackwards]

NOT a green tree python.