Earlier this week, we here at Mega Curious posted a story in which we featured one of the most distressing sequences of recent times: an iguana cub trying to escape the relentless pursuit of a lot of snakes. You can check the whole thing through this link if you haven't seen it yet, but we warn you that you'll keep your hands sweating to see how the dramatic situation unfolds.

This is one of the scenes that were included in the documentary.

As we explained in the article, the scenes were captured by BBC staff for the second season of their acclaimed documentary series "Planet Earth, " and they were masterfully edited to keep the viewer sweating - while hoping the poor iguana Escape with life. For now the team has released some images that were cut from the episode, because they may be too disturbing for the audience.

Merciless nature

According to Hannah Osborne of the International Business Times portal, the footage was shot on Fernandina Island in the Galapagos and, according to Elizabeth White, the BBC producer responsible for the tense episode, the team had been observing several iguanas puppies for a few days. -marines on a beach.

Then, on one occasion, the team was ready to see the animals when one of them put his head out of the sand and started running towards a rock wall about 20 meters away. That was when the rock wall turned into a snake wall - and the BBC's super-light cameras started shooting! Following are the unedited images and dramatic scenes that were not included in the episode:

According to Elizabeth White, the reptiles - Pseudalsophis biserialis - chased the poor iguana (as you saw above), captured it and swallowed it whole. Still according to the producer, she revealed that she had never seen anything like it, and that the scene was terrifying. Elizabeth also admitted that although she didn't have a snake phobia, she spent half the footage covering her eyes and hoping the iguana would escape.

Unfortunately, the poor thing in the video above couldn't come out alive - and it became snake food. However, other puppies were more fortunate, such as some who fled towards the sea and which starred in the epic escapade that was included in the documentary.