While it's not immediately clear when this was taken, the timing appears to be at night. The snake had already cleared the desert iguana's head past its jaws by the time Babb started filming and is seen slowly getting the reptile's legs through the mouth.

Rattlesnakes typically eat mice, rats, rabbits, gophers, ground dwelling birds and other small lizards, according to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, but clearly can accommodate larger prey.