Florida deputy breaks up fight between hawk and snake
Last updated on: 25 December,2022 10:48 am
Aldous said both the hawk and the snake were OK after being disentangled
FLORIDA (Web Desk) - A Florida sheriff s deputy responding to a report of an injured hawk on a sidewalk arrived to find the bird of prey engaged in a battle with a long black snake.
The Alachua County Sheriff s Office said Deputy Nick Aldous recently responded to a report of an injured hawk on a sidewalk near Gainesville, and the deputy arrived to find the hawk had a black snake wrapped around its body.
Body camera footage posted to Facebook by the sheriff s office shows Aldous using gloves and towels to unwrap the snake from the hawk s body.
Aldous said both the hawk and the snake were OK after being disentangled from one another.