A REMARKABLE battle between a snake and a frog was caught in a series of pictures by a golfer at Thornbury Golf Centre.
The scene, something scarcely seen outside of a nature documentary took place in the middle of the green on Tuesday, July 22.
Thornbury Golf Club Seniors captain Lindsey Henniker-Heaton, from Winterbourne, was playing in a match when fellow member Philip McMenamin rushed up to him from a neighbouring green to let him know about unfolding events.
The sequence of photos were taken by Mr Henniker-Heaton, 68, who captured the moment a grass snake was in the middle of the 17th green with its jaws around a half swallowed frog.
He said: “I was playing a pairs match against Bristol Golf Club on the 10th hole and Philip was playing on the 17th when he came running over because he knew I had a camera.
“The frog looked dormant and Philip thought it may be dead but then I saw its throat move.”
However the snake’s eyes were bigger than its stomach as the frog managed to escape the grasp of the snake.
Mr Henniker-Heaton added: “I think because we were around either the frog started to struggle and managed to escape or the snake was a bit worried by our presence.”
The defeated snake then slithered off into the long grass whilst the frog was moved well away from the snake.
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