A 28-foot-long anaconda and a crocodile engaged in a battle to the ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ in the murky waters of an Amazon rainforest swamp was captured in incredible images.

When 58-year-old wildlife photographer Kevin Dooley turned around from eating his lunch in the tropical wetlands of Pantanal, Bʀᴀᴢɪʟ, he discovered the snake engaged in a ʙʟᴏᴏᴅy struggle with a caiman, one of the tiniest varieties of crocodile.

Mr. Dooley observed as the anaconda squeezed the six-foot-long caiman until it shattered all of its legs, before the crocodile bit back and bit into the snake’s neck. When he turned to look after hearing all this splashing, he saw the caiman was in pain. The caiman was simply being choked by the anaconda.

The wildlife photographer claimed that he was just 30 feet away from the animals eating his lunch when he turned to the right and observed an extraordinary site. He said that everything happened in about eight minutes. The anaconda eventually ran out of oxygen and had to release the caiman.

The caiman then bit into the snake at that place. However, the snake was able to escape and crawl outside, he thought the caiman eventually ᴅɪᴇᴅ. According to Mr. Dooley, this was a unique occurrence in his photographic career and he anticipated having to wait a very long time to witness it again. He continued that he felt extremely fortunate and blessed, as well as a little sad for the caiman.