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CCTV footage shows Namtan, wearing a black shirt, frantically running away and screaming after spotting the black rat snake on July 28.

Ohio is home to more than two dozen species of snakes. These five lakes have the highest snake populations.

The encounter in Sydney bushland, captured on video, is the first documented evidence of an aggressive interaction in nature between a native water rat, also known as rakali, and a black rat.

A black rat approached, and the rakali leapt out and chased it off. But do rakali kill black rats, or just chase them? Captive rakali have been known to kill and eat other rat species in captivity.

WorldAtlas lists Lone Star Lake as one of the seven most snake-infested lakes in Kansas. Kansas has 42 native snake species, four of which are venomous.