--- title: Watch This Bobcat's Fight With a Rattlesnake in Viral Video description: A bobcat's vicious takedown of a rattlesnake has gone viral after a realtor shared a video of the pair facing off on an Arizona sidewalk. canonical: https://time.com/5230931/bobcat-vs-rattlesnake-fight-video/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-06T17:23:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:56.098Z og:title: This Bobcat's Suspenseful Smackdown With a Rattlesnake Has Gone Viral og:description: The two predators savagely battled it out og:url: https://time.com/5230931/bobcat-vs-rattlesnake-fight-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c24a86094b12318/69892d090a4a2246409d2552/screen-shot-2018-04-06-at-1-03-09-pm.png?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Bobcat-vs-Rattlesnake og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Bobcat's Suspenseful Smackdown With a Rattlesnake Has Gone Viral twitter:description: The two predators savagely battled it out twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c24a86094b12318/69892d090a4a2246409d2552/screen-shot-2018-04-06-at-1-03-09-pm.png?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Bobcat's Suspenseful Fight With a Rattlesnake Has Gone Viral  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 6, 2018 5:23 PM UTC  A bobcat was seen fighting a rattlesnake in Arizona. A bobcat was seen fighting a rattlesnake in Arizona.Laura Lucky  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. 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