![\"Photo](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/04337e1a5058db4d444510b6fc018470.jpeg\"\/)
<\/p>\nA photo from Texas shows a snake taking on a huge flathead catfish, even though the distinct bulges lower on its body suggest it had already eaten earlier.<\/p>\n
In a Reddit post, the uploader wrote, “My parents caught this guy enjoying a feast.”<\/p>\n
What happened?<\/p>\n
Commenters identified the animal from Llano as a diamond-backed watersnake, or Nerodia rhombifer, a species that is harmless to humans.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Photo Credit: Reddit<\/p>\n
![\"Photo](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c3cd0297fc93eaf590d1fabfb89f6b4d.jpeg\"\/)
<\/p>\n
Photo Credit: Reddit<\/p>\n
The uploader said his father chose not to interfere and left the snake alone, so it is unknown whether the snake ever finished the meal.<\/p>\n
One commenter wrote<\/a>, “It looks like a yellow cat aka flathead catfish. They’re the apex predator fish in Texas freshwater, they are gluttonous and delicious, way tastier than farm raised. That is a tasty meal for the snake.”<\/p>\n Why does it matter?<\/p>\n Diamond-backed watersnakes are often mistaken for more dangerous species, and that confusion can put harmless animals at risk when frightened people try to kill or remove them.<\/p>\n Human activity has pushed deeper into wildlife habitat while concentrating recreation around rivers, reservoirs, and shorelines.<\/p>\n Development, fishing pressure, and altered waterways can affect where predators and prey interact \u2014 and where people end up watching them.<\/p>\n Interrupting a feeding animal can cause unnecessary stress, force it to waste energy, and increase the likelihood of a defensive encounter.<\/p>\n What are people saying?<\/p>\n “That fish is so fat, thats a goooood lunch,” one commenter wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n Another joked<\/a>, “His greed knows no bounds.”<\/p>\n When someone asked<\/a>, “Do the lumps further down suggest this isn’t his first meal?” another user replied<\/a>, “Bro’s going back for seconds … maybe even thirds.”<\/p>\n One more commenter summed<\/a> up the envy factor: “This snake casually catching more flathead than I can.”<\/p>\n Get TCD’s free newsletters<\/a> for easy tips, smart advice, and a chance to earn $5,000 toward home upgrades. To see more stories like this one, change your Google preferences here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A photo from Texas shows a snake taking on a huge flathead catfish, even though the distinct bulges…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[120104,77763,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-336512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-flathead-catfish","tag-photo-credit","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}