Water Coral Snake at night, Inírida, Colombia

One of our first finds in our first night tour in Inírida was this awesome aquatic snake, which our guide briefly put on shore (it was in a shallow fresh water stream). It is sometimes called the "Water false coral snake", because it is not a real coral snake (which are highly venomous), instead it mimics the patterns of a coral snake.

They tend to hunt at night on freshwater fish, which is how we found it. Their young, once hatched, from day one have to fend for themselves. Born to hunt, you could say.