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Posted by ctnchpr (My Page) on Thu, Jun 3, 10 at 11:53
| I posted this photo on the Wildlife forum, and someone suggested posting it here, also. It's a Black Rat snake killing a Copperhead. The Copperhead's mouth can be seen on the right. I checked on the BR snake about 2 hours later, it was stretched out - all 4' of it - and the front half of its body was much larger in diameter than the back half. Good snake!!
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| Wonderful picture! One small correction..the snake eating the copperhead is a Black King Snake rather than a Black Rat Snake. Truly fantastic picture! Very cool. |
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| I did not know there was another snake that could take on a Copper Head. |
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| Jem - King snakes are almost completely immune to rattlesnake and copperhead venom, so they hunt them. If you have a healthy population of king snakes, your population of venomous snakes drops. |
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| wayne & lazy, Thanks for the ID, info, and compliments. They're greatly appreciated!! |
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| thank you for not killing them both, as many people I know would have done. what a marvelous thing to get to observe...I'm jealous |
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