A video has emerged on social media showing a mother hen fighting a fierce battle with a snake to protect its eggs.
The video shows the hen sitting on its eggs as a black snake approaches its nest.
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The deadly cobra is defensively coiled with its hood out, striking at the hen several times with the possible intention of attacking the eggs.
The hen puts up a fight and hits back at it several times. The hen doesn’t concede defeat and continues pecking the cobra until it turns away.
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The video posted on an Instagram account is going viral with social media users lauding the mother hen for saving her chicks.
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