Rare: Stone Curlew pair put on threatening display as snake comes near their eggs, to predate, in Delhi

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Rare and filming for the first time ever: A Stone Curlew pair put on a threatening display, with their wings open and out-stretched in order to increase their size profile, as a Dhaman Rat snake comes near their eggs, to predate upon them. All ends well and the Curlews are able to chase off the snake, and return to incubate their eggs in the summer sun, at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Delhi. Bush stone curlew being on guarded mode as a snake comes near their eggs This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest HD and 4K collection from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion and Full HD. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast fo