Wood-pecker fights with snake to save her eggs in chilling video

A screengrab of the video posted on Twitter by IFS Susanta Nanda

Mothers are the ones who put their lives at risk to protest their children. A viral video of a mother wood-pecker putting up a brave fight with a snake to save her children has been making rounds on social media, proves it so.

The video, posted by IFS Susanta Nanda, shows the wood-pecker furiously pecking a hole inside a tree, only for a snake to come out of it and attack the bird. The wood-pecker continues to attack her and throw her down but the bird doesn't budge and flies back at the snake to put up a harder fight.

The caption of the video says, "All the forces on this planet, will never beat that of a mothers love. (sic)

The video posted on Sunday, has received more than 16,400 views with 1,200 likes and was retweeted 352 times. In the comments received for the video, while many praise the mother bird's courage, some were anxious to know the outcome of the fight.

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