A photographer in India captured the unusual moment a heron and a snake fought in a lake over a fish dinner.
The determined bird managed to catch a fish from a lake in Telangana, India with its long beak and then tried to fish its lunch out of the water.
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!["Mwlana](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CyW3Zb3XAAAh2YQ.jpg)
!["Snake](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/11/28/17/3AD1928B00000578-3978542-The_leggy_bird_seemed_to_be_hungrier_that_its_scaly_foe_and_here-a-14_1480353457018.jpg)
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!["Snake](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/11/28/17/3AD1927F00000578-3978542-Going_With_the_snake_back_in_the_water_the_bird_quickly_snapped_-a-17_1480353490600.jpg)
!["Snake](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/11/28/17/3AD1937B00000578-3978542-Gone_The_fish_s_remains_are_clearly_visible_languishing_in_the_h-a-18_1480353495267.jpg)
!["Snake](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/11/28/17/3AD18E7D00000578-3978542-Grey_herons_can_be_found_throughout_temperate_Europe_and_Asia_an-a-19_1480353499010.jpg)
!["Snake](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/11/28/17/3AD18E8D00000578-3978542-This_heron_was_brave_to_take_on_the_snake_which_could_have_been_-a-20_1480353505117.jpg)