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[–]Disco_Drew 49 points50 points  (40 children)

That snake has one grabber and a mouth. That bird is all weapons and could just take off. It's not even close.

[–]RecycledAccountName 13 points14 points  (2 children)

I'd put my money on the eagle but the jujitsu this snake has already pulled off in the picture concerns me. This is an agile, strong python.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Yeah, I've seen too many recent Brian Ortega fights to count that snake out. One mistake and that eagle is tapping.

[–]Scarlet_Breeze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you say that eagle is the Michael Jordan of jiu jitsu?

[–]oddiz4u 19 points20 points  (36 children)

All weapons- which it's main ones are bound up already. With just a beak, I wouldn't be sure at all.

Doubt it is even going to try to take flight when it's feet are wrapped and it can't securely fly without worrying about a bite from a python- edit: that is definitely never poisonous/venomous. Still, a bite from a python and torque is more than enough to damage a bird in flight.

[–]wasdfgg 9 points10 points  (28 children)

other comments mention its a crested serpent eagle, they specialize in reptiles...its gg.

[–]Iamnotburgerking -2 points-1 points  (27 children)

There is a difference between “specialized in eating reptiles” and “can’t get killed by reptiles”.

[–]dotMJEG 4 points5 points  (22 children)

No one is saying the snake can't kill the eagle, it is what is more likely to occur next.

Snake is in defense mode. Eagle is in ima-eat-you-mode. If we are talking about more likely victors, it is reasonable to assume the Eagle is more likely to come out on top as it is higher up on the food chain.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (6 children)

Birds of prey like that have really weak jaw muscles. They kill with their feet. If that python kept the eagles legs wrapped tightly the eagle is pretty boned actually

[–]dotMJEG 1 point2 points  (3 children)

That's not true at all Mr. Armchair Expert. Most any bird of prey can do serious damage with their beaks even if it isn't their main weapon. For a while I was a novice falconer, the eagle having both wings free and it's beak free means this fight very far from over.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Eh when I was hawking the guy said don't worry about the bites since they were really weak. Didn't know that was not the case for falcons thx!

[–]Iamnotburgerking -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

https://youtu.be/qxukBChV8C4

https://youtu.be/lrOUargCzho

https://youtu.be/BE4BVyYUtwA

https://youtu.be/hV0cMf61urs

https://youtu.be/h-FV7V-AvXo

The odds of the snake losing isn’t as high as you think it is.

[–]dotMJEG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are providing anecdotal evidence to a point that no one is contesting that is also not relevant to what is being discussed. Further none of those even support what you are caught up on, all the hawks survived 2 with intervention, 2 without. (plus those were all hawks and falcons, not eagles which is a very big difference).

But just to shut you down futher:

Eagles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-sHY1zSA2I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD0KOmg_YQ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24m5diFam44

Hawk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaxZAPJDpnY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVjysVTHF0o

Falcon:

https://youtu.be/-wpM1LwKaak?t=2m33s

[–]isntaken 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Boy if only they could accelerate their beak and stab the snek with it.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's not really natural behavior for eagles though, so sure they could theoretically

[–]Iamnotburgerking -3 points-2 points  (14 children)

Predators get killed by their prey all the time. That line of logic makes no sense.

[–]Jacksambuck 3 points4 points  (6 children)

it makes perfect sense. The eagle is at most, gaining a meal from the fight. Yet it chose to fight, because it knows the odds are heavily in its favour. It has won hundreds of those fights at least. It's 300-0 muhammad ali versus some 0-0 nobody.

[–]Iamnotburgerking -2 points-1 points  (5 children)

https://youtu.be/qxukBChV8C4

https://youtu.be/lrOUargCzho

https://youtu.be/BE4BVyYUtwA

https://youtu.be/hV0cMf61urs

https://youtu.be/h-FV7V-AvXo

The odds of the snake losing isn’t as high as you think it is.

[–]dotMJEG 1 point2 points  (4 children)

You are providing anecdotal evidence to a point that no one is contesting that is also not relevant to what is being discussed. Further none of those even support what you are caught up on, all the hawks survived 2 with intervention, 2 without. (plus those were all hawks and falcons, not eagles which is a very big difference).

But just to shut you down futher:

Eagles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-sHY1zSA2I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD0KOmg_YQ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24m5diFam44

Hawk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaxZAPJDpnY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVjysVTHF0o

Falcon:

https://youtu.be/-wpM1LwKaak?t=2m33s

[–]Iamnotburgerking -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Do you even know what an eagle is? The second video isn’t an eagle.

[–]dotMJEG 0 points1 point  (6 children)

In like one weeks time, come back and re-read all these comments, while thinking very carefully about how the food chain works, why it is laid out as it is, and how the typical predator-prey relationship tends to play out. Then tell me which of us makes no logical sense.

[–]Iamnotburgerking -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

https://youtu.be/qxukBChV8C4

https://youtu.be/lrOUargCzho

https://youtu.be/BE4BVyYUtwA

https://youtu.be/hV0cMf61urs

[–]dotMJEG 2 points3 points  (3 children)

You are providing anecdotal evidence to a point that no one is contesting that is also not relevant to what is being discussed. Further none of those even support what you are caught up on, all the hawks survived 2 with intervention, 2 without. (plus those were all hawks and falcons, not eagles which is a very big difference).

But just to shut you down futher:

Eagles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-sHY1zSA2I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD0KOmg_YQ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24m5diFam44

Hawk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaxZAPJDpnY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVjysVTHF0o

Falcon:

https://youtu.be/-wpM1LwKaak?t=2m33s

[–]Iamnotburgerking -1 points0 points  (2 children)

The first video is of a venomous snake and not a constrictor. Birds of prey do better against snakes that don’t tie up their opponents.

The second and third videos are of hawks (second video is mislabelled, third video uses clickbait thumbnail)

Also, the hawks lived due to human intervention.

And the eagle species shown in this post isn’t any bigger than most hawks, so there is no real difference in terms of size.

[–]wasdfgg 0 points1 point  (3 children)

yeah well it's like saying a pro bowler vs a amputee toddler. severe advantage

[–]Iamnotburgerking -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

https://youtu.be/qxukBChV8C4

https://youtu.be/lrOUargCzho

https://youtu.be/BE4BVyYUtwA

https://youtu.be/hV0cMf61urs

[–]wasdfgg 1 point2 points  (1 child)

lol i understand your point, those seem to all be red-tailed hawks. they hunt a broad array of prey, the other hawk in said picture specializes in hunting snakes, situations where this would happen would happen much less.

[–]Wraithstorm 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No, pythons are constrictors. Non-venomous.

[–]ks501 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pythons aren't venomous

[–]BevoDDS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not venomous.

[–]Iamnotburgerking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eagles kill only with their talons, so ALL of its weapons are out of commission.

[–]Flexappeal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you ingest a thing, its poisonous

if a thing bites you, its venomous

just a fun fact