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Footage of a man throwing dozens of snakes off a road with his bare hands has gone viral after it was uploaded on social media.

Black Friday Deals. In the know quiz. Kim Stephens. More from animals. While we humans have been having our own battles over the election, the animal kingdom is showing us how to really duke it out. First, there was that bloody penguin slapfight over infidelity , and now there's a terrifying death-defying iguana-snake chase.

Apparently poor little marine iguanas with the bad luck to hatch on Fernandina Island in the Galapagos are in danger pretty much from the moment they draw breath, as they must evade a horde of hungry snakes straight out of a s horror flick. But thanks to all the attention it's getting, we can grab a sneak peek now. Here's some behind-the-scenes info from the BBC:. Others would go towards the wall. We tried to maximize our chances by having two cameramen: One of them was shooting on a very long lens from a tripod so he would be able to get all the close-ups; and the other was using a hand-held system where he could actually walk around holding the camera and try running into position, in front of the shots.

We had to be active and flexible. How close would the cameraman get when the iguana was running? I remember sitting on the sand one day and one of them literally walked up and sat in my shadow. Yes, hero. Do you remember that day or the moment when you captured that one? I remember it fairly well. Amazingly, where it comes into focus is just as the snake bites. From the beginning, I knew what I wanted, so it was a case of just trying to figure out how best to tell it.

Specifically, in terms of the order of events — whether to start with one getting nailed or whether to let one go first — that was the debate between the editor and me.

What do you think grounds it in such a visceral human reality? Or that last shot, where the snakes fall back and the little one is left basically gripping by his little fingernails — it does have a clear movie parallel. Also, human beings are normally fearful of the idea of giant snakes. We were just really lucky that the ingredients came together. How does the music get incorporated?

The music was absolutely beautiful for it. We could have killed the sequence with the music by making it too in your face. Get short URL. Follow RT on.

This Tweet caused my battery to run out faster than that Iguana.. PlanetEarth2 — Laura Robson laurarobson5 November 7, Lizard v Snakes. Media News.