Gory footage shot in a family's back garden shows a snake regurgitating a toad that emerges alive. The shocking clip was filmed by Richard Hancock after he found his dog Jiggy playing with the reptile and got his camera to take some pictures.
However he decided to capture some footage when he noticed the grass snake was throwing up its last meal so caught the moment the toad popped out alive.
The 38-year-old from Bideford in North Devon, initially went into garden to investigate what Jiggy was playing with when he discovered the Jack Russell terrier was batting a grass snake and throwing it into the air before the family pulled him away.
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