Small-banded kukri snake with its head inserted into the abdomen of an Asian black-spotted toad (IMAGE)

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Small-banded kukri snake with its head inserted into the abdomen of an Asian black-spotted toad

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A Small-banded kukri snake with its head inserted through the right side of the abdomen of an Asian black-spotted toad, in order to extract and eat the organs. Tissue of a collapsed lung (above, left), and possibly fat tissue, covered by clear liquid foaming as it mixes with air bubbles from the lung at expiration. The upper part of the front leg is covered by foaming blood, likewise, mixed with air bubbles from the collapsed lung.

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Winai Suthanthangjai

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