The cobra used a cowardly trick to take over the life of the puff adder, but then it had to pay a heavy price

Evening enveloped the forest, a puff adder was lying on the ground without paying attention to its surroundings. The hungry cobra, looking for prey, approached the puff adder. It is gentle and does not make any noise.

The puff adder still enjoys its sleep, unaware of the approaching danger. The cobra quickly approaches its prey. It bared its sharp fangs full of venom, preparing to deliver a fatal bite into the body of the puff adder snake.

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The fatal bite in the middle of the body caused the painful puff-adder to quickly reflexively attack the cobra. The two struggled and entangled each other as if they wanted to strangle each other to death.

The cobra was thrown away but it did not give up. It decided to eat puff-adder snake meat today. It rushes to attack continuously and intensively. Causing the puff adder’s body to be filled with its venom.

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The puff-adder cannot avoid the venom, after a while it begins to slowly and painfully die from the venom. Finally, the cobra opened its mouth wide and swallowed the puff adder deliciously.

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