Snake Fight!

Here is a shot of two snakes fighting over a Red Devil Cichlid on the bank of my pond in my backyard.
I am pretty sure the one on the right is a Water Moccassin and the one on the left is a banded water snake.

They fought for over 5 minutes and finally we got too close and the banded water snake let go and hightailed it.

Wow! I've never seen a snake tug-of-war before.

that's a pretty amazing thing to witness, and you have the photo to prove it.

The cichlid looks to be a Jack Dempsey.

I have about a hundred of what ever they are, if you come to Florida I'll give you all you want.

That is a fantastic capture, Garry. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if they would have continued the tug-o-war. I suspect one snake would have eaten the other..........

Definitely an interesting shot.

neither is a water moccasin/cottonmouth

Big County I think you are right, after I took this shot and labelled it, I looked at it again and I think both of them are banded water snakes, just different coloration.