Watch: Battle Between Geckos and a Snake Ends in a Twist

When 31-year-old Sawet Numpet was walking through the woods behind the factory at which he works in Thailand, he noticed two tokay geckos honing in on a tree snake.

He approached the trio, filming on his phone, and noticed a gecko-shaped object protruding from inside the belly of the snake.

Speaking to local press, Numpet described the event, saying he and his friends were so captivated they watched for a while. The geckos continued to approach the snake; one approached it from a tree branch, while the other crawled down a column. Seemingly cornered, the snake backed away, and Numpet, who felt moved to provoke the fight, poked the snake with a stick.

Almost instantly, the snake regurgitated a

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