--- --- # Here's a Photo of Snakes That Got Electrocuted After One Tried to Bite the Other  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 7, 2016 9:22 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 7, 2016 9:22 PM UTC A re_volt_ing photo shows two snakes that got electrocuted as one bit the other inside a home electrical box. Workers for the electrical services department in Morganton, N.C., found the reptiles when they went to turn off power at a house that was scheduled to be demolished, according to a post on the Facebook page for the city government: “One snake slithered across two hot terminals and was electrocuted; The second snake was biting the first and received the jolt as well.” So far, the image has been shared more than 9,500 times and has received more than 1,700 _hisssterical_ comments.  City of Morganton, NC Government Electrocuted Snakes in Electrical Box: Photo ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4285726/snakes-electrical-box/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4285726/snakes-electrical-box/"},"headline":"Here's a Photo of Snakes That Got Electrocuted After One Tried to Bite the Other","datePublished":"2016-04-07T21:22:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:40.310Z","description":"A shocking photo","url":"https://time.com/4285726/snakes-electrical-box/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4285726/snakes-electrical-box/","name":"Here's a Photo of Snakes That Got Electrocuted After One Tried to Bite the Other"}}]}] ```