Fight to the death on the Snake River

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This has to be the weirdest thing that ever floated by me on the Snake
River. They were stuck together in death lock, each wanting to kill the
other first.

My guess is that the falcon snatched up the tasty snake, and it somehow got
its tail around the falcon's neck, strangling it in midair causing both of
them to crash into the river. They are both alive and well, considering. I
think a few more minutes and the snake would have won. The tail was actually
tied in a knot around the neck, and getting tighter by the second. I got the
snake untied, and well, as you can see, they both made it.

This is another one of those stories you tell, and are always acknowledged
with "yeah, right!" Well, here's the proof. Neither of them bit me or
scratched me; the snake didn't want to stop biting the falcon's leg, and
only let go after I had untied everything else. I got the water out of the
falcon's lungs with birdie inversion technique, and stayed with him until he
was almost dried off in the sun, and flying a little. Ball of snake and
falcon, that is the weirdest thing I have pulled out of the water so far, it
beats the wagon wheel!