Snake vs. Roadrunner Face-off | National Geographic

When a roadrunner spots a diamondback snake, it goes in for the kill.
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[@NatGeo]

Native Americans revered the roadrunner for its speed, strength, and especially its courage. What are your thoughts on this roadrunner's attempt at a meal?

[@bellarosario2426]

I love national geographic

[@--NguyenQuocThien]

i dont know

[@faridmammadov5989]

@Mark Thomas catching animals in the middle of face-off is not an easy-peasy task and I think around 90% percent of wildlife videos are either edited or enemies are put together against their wills to shoot those scenes. So, most probably you're right about it being fake :)

[@mikestevens8012]

You can see the mesoic in his eyes.

[@RajaRaja-gb4ml]

National Geographic jq 1

[@travisk5589]

Wait a minute. I watched this whole video and never once heard a "beep beep" or "meep Meep." I edited this post for all the people who felt like they had to correct me.

[@brendaleake]

I think that's only when he outsmarts the coyote! :)

[@wileecoyote4116]

@@brendaleake fake news

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

It's Beep Beep

[@travisk5589]

@@jeffreywilliams8499 Thanks captain obvious. That's exactly what an ableist would say. I am sorry that I was deaf as a child and could only read lips. I am sorry that I thought it was saying meep meep. Thanks for showing your hearing superiority.

[@Electric_Crystals]

LOL

[@michelleroxy21]

Today I learned: roadrunners aren’t just on the cartoons

[@clearingbaffles]

Miss Pocket wait til you come across a jackalope

[@clearingbaffles]

Miss Pocket what kind of dogs are those?

[@angelajohnson6659]

Miss pocket wait till you come across a cantaloupe. It's a jackalopes cousin.

[@clearingbaffles]

Angela Johnson don’t forget the brother with the positive attitude canalope

[@imback3200]

@@clearingbaffles or a snipe

[@flowey8617]

Snake: I’ll kill you! Roadrunner: Beep Beep

[@Snake-sg7yc]

Yeah

[@kwookiegaming508]

its meep meep but i’ll let it slide

[@deinstitutionalization]

then dashes off like Forrest Gump

[@kingviratkohlifanclub472]

Bird seed 😋😋😋

[@AWholeVibe96]

@@kwookiegaming508 🤣🤣🤣

[@AzlianaLyana]

That was.. well, anticlimactic. Still, the roadrunner has some serious confidence and courage.

[@paulwilson3434]

Astute comment lady

[@rembertomondragon6169]

Azliana Lyana : I didn’t see the Roadrunner kill the snake

[@Ninjersey1]

Azliana Lyana Roadrunners are bullies lol anytime I’ve see them kill a snake it’s tiny.This one was pretty big for a Western DB.

[@doulos737]

My sentiments exactly!!!...😯

[@ServantofMathias]

To be honest, that roadrunner is so courageous.

[@charlettevelez5724]

The way the roadrunner shook after hearing the snake rattle was hilarious at 1:55

[@TheMagnaficent]

It was considering retreating

[@elppedro77]

The roadrunner usually extends its wing to the snake and as the snake strikes, it quickly folds it back until it tires the snake, then goes in for the kill. They are usually successful at making a meal of the rattlers.

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

How come the Roadrunner doesn't die from digesting the venom snake? 😬

[@elppedro77]

@@AwesomeBlackDude The bird makes sure the snake is dead before swallowing it and any venom released by the snake is neutralized by powerful stomach acids. The venom is only dangerous if injected into the circulatory system.

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

@@elppedro77 Thank, got it. 😬

[@chrisofstars]

​@@AwesomeBlackDude I don't think it works if you swallow it? It probably has to go into your blood. Your stomach acids will just kill it probably??

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

I live on a ranch in south Texas...I see both nearly every day. The roadrunner is an amazing creature!

[@1antoniodelao]

@panfriedd look at her 'about', she aint lying

[@Billbeaux]

But does anyone really care

[@18nakedcowboys3]

Up north you see nothing cool, I’ve seen the occasional opossum and porcupine but nothing can compare to a roadrunner

[@kajanswat6206]

Long live Texas

[@Laserbeak316]

IntrepidFraidyCat have you seen a Roadrunner being hunted by a Coyote?

[@soulreaverfan1983]

Meanwhile Willie coyote gets upset his acme snake didn't worked as always

[@ascetic3312]

*Wile E. Coyote.

[@mottofakkushite9817]

@Austin Texas the coyote can't win because if he does then they get swed

[@MrCan245]

Meep meep

[@dumbotrilogy1177]

@@ascetic3312 he cant eat Roadrunners in real life.

[@mackthewriter]

His Acme Snake would end up eating him instead of Road Runner

[@sanzoTravels]

2:21 they're just spritzing it with water to make it look like it dodging a rattler. 🤣🤣

[@tomtonka1915]

That was rattlesnake venom.

[@shubhamsemwalvns]

It is water actually...because these scenes are shot a different times and arrange like a movie.

[@amirsohailafridi8934]

hahahahaha true

[@tommyg2660]

I saw that too.

[@orsabruv2366]

Yea bc notice how not in one single scene the bird and the snake are in frame together

[@nickp2271]

My kind of roadrunner is the one from Warner Bros. who says, "BEEP! BEEP!"

[@amleer9197]

That was an epic battle of survival. It looks so simple fight but it actually involves lives.

[@robertbroughton1443]

Wow it'll view a rattler as a meal, but it'll lead a coyote on a high speed chase on the desert floor.

[@corneliuswhite5139]

Meep Meep!😃

[@paulwilson3434]

No. It’s beep beep

[@MegaCozzy]

It’s meep Meep

[@adrianalencina6538]

@@paulwilson3434 b/meep

[@peterreid6096]

Meep Meep!

[@guypeate3628]

I can tell this roadrunner has some survival skills, he's got endurance

[@tjburr1968]

Legs and knows how to use them! This narrator must be a ZZ top fan.

[@Jim-uy2qe]

Along with the 20 (19 thumbs up plus you) of us

[@LaQuinnOFFICIAL]

Why does this look like footage yall tied together and said what ever you wanted to was going on🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesharrison6201]

As someone who has witnessed such a faceoff, it happens fast enough you'd need a dozen cameras to see it in to.

[@talkshitgethit4235]

because thats exactly what they did

[@vidviewer100]

at the end the snake is heading away towards the brush, but in the next scene with the snake it is disappearing into the cactus which doesn't tie in with the previous scene

[@sawatisbillings8759]

🤣😂🤦‍♂️😄

[@charlettevelez5724]

The way the roadrunner shook after hearing the snake rattle was hilarious

[@seabird3wy531]

I have a roadrunner around my property and he seems to enjoy stealing my lizards 🦎. These guys are fearless. I found him on my two story roof having a dialogue with some terrified blue jays 🌝

[@jkens7179]

That coyote sure has alot of costumes

[@norbertsiewert3917]

You know that a coyote can run a lot faster than a road runner!

[@spikespa5208]

But he can't fly.

[@stopthebus]

alot?

[@Lone-Wolf87]

Roadrunners are no joke to go head to head with this deadly 🐍.

[@joeniccoli1916]

I've lived in Phoenix all my life and we're lucky enough to have these super-cool birds here.

[@Giovinezza2000]

Snake: I can't stop him!!! Coyote: First time?

[@naturallawprinciples]

BE WARNED FOLKS! The so called 'Face off' is no face off just some sneaky editing.

[@Trulylatino]

I'm disappointed. I thought the roadrunner was going to have his dinner.

[@paulwilson3434]

Yes. Click bait National Geographic How dare they put click bait !!!

[@tannerbruning868]

I love how the snake and the roadrunner are never on screen at the same time

[@TranKychannel]

Honey Badger: "Hold my beer"

[@philboy9669]

😆

[@Billhatestheinternet]

Most people don't realize (I didn't until I saw one do it) is that road runners can fly. Not just glide from a higher point to lower; powered inclined flight.

[@Spendleton]

That meep meep at the end 😂😂

[@VictorSalus]

This would have been much more interesting if the rattler had access to the Acme catalogue of anvils, catapults and cannons…

[@kwookiegaming508]

and, uh, mail

[@KittySYT]

I love how you can't see them both in a single frame. 🌚 Who threw water at the bird in the end tho? *tacky but hilarious touch to make it look real* 😂

[@Uchihaopbrian]

😂😂😂😂

[@leehodge266]

A two part series.! Shot on location.! With stunt doubles.!

[@c150gpilot]

At 1:28 and 1:52

[@Quis_ut_Deus]

It is like the behavior of this bird is directly link to the velociraptors.

[@TheTmat007]

"But she's missing something in this booming faceoff...Legs." I guess a rattle snake can fly.

[@Enzo575]

1:42 when you expect the meep meep sound

[@pbhurley19]

What's up with the splash of water at 2:21 that lands at the birds feet?

[@ImperialEarthEmpire]

Ah yes, the magic of video editing...

[@jaredwilmarth662]

Hes got legs "and he knows how to use them" lol😆

[@sheilamarie6897]

I saw my first roadrunners a week before the shutdown at wild horse pass in Arizona. What a beautiful place to enjoy the desert. I think roadrunner might be my spirit animal. ❤

[@BimmerDude330]

2:21 was the water sprayed for choreography? Lol

[@NE_Pigeons]

I like it when it's a draw. All animals are unique in their own way.

[@WildEpic_KL]

Hearing the Gamble's Quail shouting "Hey!" the whole time this has got to be in Arizona lol

[@OscarTorres-xi6dk]

The snake was trying to get the Camara guy, and when the bird dodges, it was dodging the water that was thrown towards it by the Camara crew. Wow lol

[@theofaron961]

Come back to me when you have one of a roadrunner versus cyote.

[@KraciasWhite]

joe rogan what have you done to me😂

[@martiniv8924]

Both running perfect camouflage 👌🏻😎

[@gabrielleross5506]

Lol roadrunner, you forgot to use your acme flying dynamite🤣

[@lisag5670]

Gabrielle Beatrice Ross hahaha Gabby 💕

[@gabrielleross5506]

@@lisag5670 😂😘

[@gavinm7446]

I liked it when national geographic didn't just take 2 different clips of predator and prey and edit them together

[@anayagibson6356]

I don’t mean to be that person, but does the roadrunner make the “meep meep” sound? 😭

[@JorgeGonzalez-xv1zo]

Sadly, no... It's just the Looney Tunes one

[@lauriesear3673]

Everybody is gansta, until Road Runner meep meeps on you.

[@robvancamp2781]

Well, I guess I've wasted two minutes and fifty seven seconds in worse ways, but a waste is a waste...

[@mikeef747]

There's 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back

[@ronnetteharvey2002]

I don't know that it was a real fight. I never saw them dodge each other. Strange video.

[@blong206b]

When you're on the menu and the RoadRunner goes Eat! Eat!

[@DougCeleste]

I live in New Mexico and see roadrunners almost daily but less often in the winter. They are incredible hunters and are used to humans in our area. You can get somewhat close to them before they run off. They can fly but rarely do and they do not fly high. Their specialty to dine on are lizards where I live. They make a funny noise and you know they are nearby.

[@DougCeleste]

@ I saw one last year catch a HUGE lizard and it was showing it off to my neighbors and me as we were talking out front. It was like showing us what a skilled hunter it is and it was fairly close to us near the sidewalk. But the most memorable incident for me was a roadrunner that killed a small bird and was in the process of eating it. I surprised it near my front door and it left the bird while it ran for cover under a nearby shrub. And believe it or not, it did NOT leave its kill behind! I stood still and it ran behind me TWICE to try to get to the carcass before running back under the shrub. But on the THIRD try, it ran behind me, grabbed the carcass and then ran away. That roadrunner must have been hungry and it had courage to do what it did with me right near its kill. I will never forget that roadrunner moment.

[@DougCeleste]

@ You are very welcome. Glad you enjoyed my roadrunner stories.

[@leecowell8165]

Interesting, Doug. that's the NICE thing about the internet being able to share in experiences from distant lands. Sand Hill cranes here in FL will walk right up to us IF we're seated and remain non-threatening. the species that lives here does not migrate so we have them all year. they're much like road runners EXCEPT when they do fly they're beautiful. they mate for life so they're almost always in pairs full time and they're some of the highest flying birds in the world. they spend almost all of their time walking around though because nothing messes with them, not even dogs much less cats. I've never seen them run though. lazy birds, I guess!

[@VeronikaBelskaya]

Do you know an animated movie "Rango"? This bird looks like that riding birds, and the snake is the main antagonist!!! Rango is my FAVORITE animated movie, so i'm always trying to find animals from that in real life😂

[@orlonarsino6729]

Who else is here from the Joe Rogan short? Lol

[@barryklinedinst6233]

I am

[@Iworkoutasworship]

I was hoping for a anime style face off, but instead I got a jumping snake and a bird with legs

[@updeshkumar1777]

Snake was attacking on camera but they showed like there was tussle between two creatures.

[@d.haroldangel241]

This video was a total DUD.

[@dannyphelps9009]

A another awesome video never seems to amaze me y'all do an awesome job thank you again thank you National Geographics

[@loranlomiller54]

2:21 through 2:22. Please help me to understand what I know you'll notice.

[@portcullis5622]

Snake should have ordered some products from the ACME Company.

[@EveDove77]

I love National Geographic and I think this is the first time that I've given one of their video clips a thumbs down. This was click-bait and I'm sure that many, and I say many, were awaiting the outcome of this battle for life or death between these two hungry critters. I was really disappointed. And, as others have stated, these scenes seemed to have been prefabricated to look like they were in a fight. Any one agree?

[@iniobongalfredpiiro3145]

True

[@Racer-M]

They are set up. Yes. You can even see one clip of the roadrunner at the end where someone throws water at the bird, your guess is good as mine🤷‍♂️

[@vishwajitpawar4076]

I am Indian. We don't have roadrunner.But I want atleast one roadrunner in my garden. Thanks for nice vedio.

[@--NguyenQuocThien]

the sound is so awesome

[@RAYANDERS-w4t]

THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@noneyours3237]

The french version of this video mentions Looney Tune's Beep Beep, you know, cause he's a road runner.

[@harunatunkaratunkara9541]

Haruna Drunkards

[@carloszelaya2093]

Where's Willey the coyote....😂😂😂

[@adrianalencina6538]

You mean _Wile E. Coyote_

[@Kennedyemanuel-x2q]

​@@adrianalencina6538 willey e coyote using snake as acne for capture roadrunner

[@clockwork914]

What kind of face off is this , Nat Geo❓ I want a Victor❗️

[@johnnygalaxy9022]

These videos are always just cut out footage to make it look like an encounter... Lame!

[@yaad2226]

can yo mama do that?

[@ssk3204]

First time I saw a roadrunner out in the wild all my childhood memories of the coyote come rushing to me.

[@elmacho9169]

The Snake : i am a predator Roadrunner : mee mee !

[@formatcforcortex2465]

2:21 production failed...

[@ohno486]

What is that 😂

[@groowanderer]

@@ohno486 water the crew used to make the roadrunner move.

[@ohno486]

@@groowanderer ahh I see. Thanks!

[@chipper2462]

Why is the snake striking so high?...Oh yeah...because the film crew is waving a stick at it...I understand now.

[@Nobody-tk6fz]

Plot twist: Wile. E. Coyote was the cameraman for this video

[@liberty8813]

LMAO

[@Lemonator32]

cartoon roadrunner: *meep meep* actual roadrunner: *KKKKRAWWWWWWWWGH*

[@lisag5670]

Feisty and courageous little bird

[@lukiscruz5443]

Thanks for the well timed video

[@tohtorrent]

Better than Logan Paul vs KSI!

[@abelmantor7557]

All i can think about is Looney tunes everytime i see a roadrunner.

[@izaiaslaurindo.7083]

Fico feliz por ter esses vídeos para o aprendizado e também pelo fato de conhecer animais nativos de uma outra nação. Um abraço fraterno. Muito obrigado.

[@vinmyster2554]

All that dramatics & narration for the snake gets away

[@gjdlc]

2:21 throwing water to make it look like he's dodging the snake.

[@kyutiella513]

cant believe my friend is fighting a roadrunner lol

[@mutahkeeno9273]

Dang! I wanted that Roadrunner to have it's way with that serpent...

[@leehodge266]

They usually do have their way with them.!

[@cooperthecat5263]

Finally I can see roadrunner fight back instead of running away

[@RafaelMartinez-mj7zd]

That was terrible, I was expecting a BBC type of video and instead it was a Mutual of Omaha

[@robertmoir-vj1kq]

I d like to send your guys off crying Rafael Martinez I am strong as an ox I d like to body slam your guys and I know how to do it you guys would n t want to know just how physical I can be

[@angelosarmiento8096]

2:21 is the best part of it🤣

[@streetsweepa7638]

I love your animal and culture videos. I just wish they was at least 5 -10mins.

[@idojuander6629]

I can see how the new raptors on prehistoric planet inspired the looks hahaha

[@kenicity]

This notification interrupted me from watching Old Town Road

[@TheAntrimRambler]

These people have the patience of a saint...

[@RCT1963]

No wonder Wile E couldn’t catch him. One badass SOB.

[@JamesBraun-n1p]

I have seen one but never heard it go BEEP BEEP ?

[@TheAntrimRambler]

Beep Beep 😂

[@icephoenix8023]

I love the subtle ZZ TOPP reference!

[@isaacmcpeek9636]

I've watched them out at Fort Erwin when I was in the Army. The roadrunner has some serious G.I. Joe Kungfu Skills and a wicked karate chop kick! I've witnessed in person. Down with the rattlesnake long live the roadrunner. BEEP! BEEP!

[@jamespisano1164]

Very cool. Enjoyed that, but the roadrunner didn't say "meep, meep" like I expected.

[@johnogo7886]

Yeah no car like a Mopar Roadrunner versus a found on road dead snake! You got that Ford cobra!

[@moonbear5929]

Yay, I was rooting for the snake! 🐍🐍🐍🌵

[@sescopian9118]

The high cut rate/extreme close-up style of videography on display here has me suspecting nothing the video implied actually happened between the Rattler and the Runner in fact.

[@jacobsparry8525]

Roads Runners are too cool!!