Man Shoots Time-Lapse Video Of Bird's Nest, Gets Surprise Ending

A time-lapse video of a bird's nest in a tree has a surprise ending that demonstrates what could happen when you leave your progeny unguarded.

"Was hoping to see the eggs hatch but instead this happened..." wrote the person who posted the video to YouTube.

When the nest's feathered caregiver flew off, a black snake with a head about the size of one of the blue eggs slithered up and straight to the unguarded morsels. Then, without a moment's hesitation, it stretched its jaw to wrap around the first of four eggs. Then it ate the other three.

Neither mom or dad returned in time to catch the scaly cradle robber, though the snake did appear to linger around for some time as it digested its meal.

Plenty of viewers on YouTube and Reddit expressed sorrow for the bird after identifying it, by its red chest, as the likely father.

“Leave the kids with dad for a day, kids go missing,” one Reddit user commented. “He's got some splainin' to do.”