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Snake vs dragon: in pictures

More than a mouthful of water dragon. Image credit: Peter Street

“Golden crowned snakes are nocturnal, probing around at night for sleeping lizards,” says Peter Street, who captured this sequence over the course of a few hours on the NSW Central Coast.

“Sorry water dragon, you snooze you lose.”

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