A tree-climbing snake was met with serious opposition by a group of parrots who were defending their nesting eggs from the adventurous reptile in the Chengalpat district of Tamilnadu.

The footage captured on June 11 at the Vedanthangal bird sanctuary in a village of the same name shows the group of squawking parrots use a series of aerial attacks against the snake as it climbs a dried coconut tree that the flock were nesting in.

After a while, the snake falls from the trunk of the tree into nearby foliage.