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Incredible footage has emerged online showing a snake eating another snake whole.

The video, filmed in the Sichuan Province of China earlier this week, depicts a gruesome fight to the death between the two reptiles.

According to local media outlets, the victor - a patterned snake- was actually smaller than the black snake on which it chowed down.

A local resident captured the epic battle close up on camera as neither of the breeds are venemous.

According to experts, it is not unusual for snakes to hunt and eat other snakes.

The carnivorous reptiles can also eat prey much larger than themselves with relative ease due to their ability to dislocate their jaws and stretch their stomachs.

Bon appétit.