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Bobcat Battles Rattlesnake on Side of Road_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 6, 2018 5:23 PM UTC Bobcat Battles Rattlesnake on Side of Road  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 6, 2018 5:23 PM UTC A [bobcat’s](http://time.com/4841179/bobcat-attack-new-hampshire-woman/) vicious takedown of a [rattlesnake](http://time.com/4235086/timber-rattlesnake-massachusetts-colony/) has gone viral after a realtor shared a video of the pair facing off on an [Arizona](http://time.com/5220209/pilots-ufo-arizona-plane/) sidewalk. In footage captured by real estate agent Laura Lucky while she was showing a home in north Scottsdale, the bobcat can be seen repeatedly attempting to control the snake as the reptile lashes out at it. “The rattlesnake had come up and bit the bobcat on the lip,” Lucky told [_KSAZ_](http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/video-of-a-bobcats-fight-with-a-rattlesnake-goes-viral) of the moments before she began filming. “The cat flew. It was very surreal.” The clip shows the two predators sparring for nearly 40 seconds before the bobcat manages to get its mouth around the rattlesnake’s neck and carries it into the desert. However, bobcats are [not immune to rattlesnake venom](https://www.facebook.com/wildcatsanctuary/photos/a.191037717182.127502.185864382182/10152965767187183/?type=3) as some old wives’ tales suggest, meaning the feline may have also fallen victim in the ensuing hours. Watch the full video above. ## Transcript [00:00] He's got this, look he's gonna bite the head off. It's [00:05] still going. It's trying to run away now. No, he's got it, [00:08] this. Wait till we put this on Facebook, people will go, [00:10] they had this fixed up for. I'm [00:16] doing a video. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] I think that thing is. [00:16] 10- 4. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Does [00:21] he realize how [00:29] big of a crowd he has now, watching him? How many [00:31] people are looking? Is that? Yeah, [00:35] he's got it right there. No! 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