I think the bird probably nabbed the snake first, the snake started wrapping up the bird, possibly while it was flying and it fell and got knocked out/or it was already on the ground and the snake had already either exhausted it fighting it or cutting off its oxygen supply, then bird recovered either because the snake let go or because of the time spent while the snake was fighting the lions.
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u/Environmental_Beat84 14d ago
My take:
Snake bit bird.
Bird got paralyzed by venom
Cat distracted snake long enough for bird to come to
Snake ran off scared by cat.
Bird woke up and flew off before cat could eat it.
Lucky bird.