Wince-inducing footage appears to show a snake writhing in pain after being pierced with a porcupine's spike after attempting to eat it.
A video captures the boa constrictor squirming as dozens of white quills protrude from its skin in Brazil.
The impaled reptile had apparently attempted to eat the porcupine - but came off worse when the animal defended itself with its quills, the Daily Mail reports.
The snake slithers and thrashes for almost two minutes, while a man records its pain.
![The impaled reptile had apparently attempted to eat the porcupine.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/LE3WDJTFOKDGRGOYTUK2CTOAX4.jpg?auth=f5584c33001b8bda09eccade2ba941d0f8c4e90983da7498980039c340201e03&width=16&height=9&quality=70&smart=true)