Goanna, goanna, gone! Enormous snake makes a meal of a fellow reptile in a very #Straya scene
- Walkers at Little Beach, Albany, were shocked to find snake eating a goanna
- The dugite snake is incredibly venomous and potentially lethal to humans
- Two friends, Holly King and Sinead Hart, spotted the reptile on their walk
This luckless goanna met with a grisly end after it was demolished by a hungry snake on a beach in Western Australia.
Two shocked residents were walking along Little Beach, in Albany, when they saw the dugite snake devouring the fellow reptile.
The snake belongs to a species of venomous and potentially lethal snake family Elapidae, which are native to Western Australia.
Shocked walkers at Little Beach, Albany in Western Australia, were shocked to find the dugite snake devouring its lunch on the beach
Two friends, Holly King and Sinead Hart, spotted the reptile with its lunch during their morning walk on Sunday
Two friends, Holly King and Sinead Hart, spotted the snake with its lunch during their morning walk on Sunday.
‘Holly and I were on our morning walk when we saw it,’ Ms Hart told the Albany Advertiser.
‘It already had the lizard in its mouth once we got a picture.
‘We kept walking and it was gone by the time we got back.’
The image was widely shared social media on Tuesday.
‘Grab the lotion towels and rifle we’re going to the beach,’ one person joked
‘Grab the lotion towels and rifle we’re going to the beach,’ one person joked.
‘And you’re worried about the ‘sharks!’ another wrote.
‘Straya,’ one simply commented.