A green anaconda attacked the six-foot long caiɱaп, in Pantanal, Brazil after finding it in the swamps of tropical wetland and the reptile later died.
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The anaconda wrapping itself around the caiɱaпCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
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At one point the caiɱaп ɱaпaged to bite its rival but it didn’t do any good in the long runCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
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There was lots of splashing as the two reptiles battled it outCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
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The caiɱaп had all its legs broken by the caiɱaпCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
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The caiɱaп’s head poking out of the water with the anaconda in the backgroundCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
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In the end, the sheer size of the anaconda was too much foe the caiɱaпCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
The anaconda can be seen wrapping itself around the member of the crocodile family trying to suffocate the caiɱaп.
Wildlife photographer Kevin Dooley, 58, was “lucky enough” to capture this extremely intense moment and says he has “never captured anything like this before”.
Kevin, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, US said: “I was sitting in a boat having our lunch when this happened. I couldn’t believe it all.
“I heard all of this splashing, and when I looked I could see the caiɱaп was suffering. The anaconda just kept strangling the caiɱaп. It had even broken all of the caiɱaп’s legs.”
The wildlife photographer said he was sitting around 30ft away from the animals eating his lunch when he “turned to the right and witnessed an amazing sight”.