A forest buzzard sitting in a tree with a small snake it had just caught in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town.

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This forest buzzard had just caught a small snake and flew up into a tree to eat it. I think the snake was a baby Cape cobra.

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Location: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town.
Photo credit: © David G Richardson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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