Terified photos of the eel burst from the bird’s throat and dangled beneath the heron while in the air

A wild new photo shows the gruesome moment a snake eel burst through the stomach of a heron in midair—aa scene that looks fit for the movie “Alien.”

The one-in-a-million shot, snapped by amateur photographer Sam Davis in Delaware, shows the eel dangling from the bird’s gut as the heron nonchalantly soars onward, Live Science reports. The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more.