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  2. Elaphe carinata - Wikipedia

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    Elaphe carinata also preys on rodents and other small animals. They are opportunistic hunters and will even forage nests. It is also known as Taiwan stink snake and stinking goddess which refer to this species' highly developed post-anal glands that are frequently emptied when the snake is picked up, resulting in a very strong, bad odour. [1]

  3. Ophiophagy - Wikipedia

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    Ophiophagy (Greek: ὄφις + φαγία, lit. ' snake eating ') is a specialized form of feeding or alimentary behavior of animals which hunt and eat snakes.There are ophiophagous mammals (such as the skunks and the mongooses), birds (such as snake eagles, the secretarybird, and some hawks), lizards (such as the common collared lizard), and even other snakes, such as the Central and South ...

  4. World Snake Day: Here are 10 slithery reptiles you might see ...

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    Today, July 16, is World Snake Day, and you might be wondering which snakes you could encounter around Fayetteville in the wild. ... or other debris," and eating "small frogs, salamanders, snakes ...

  5. Bandy-bandy - Wikipedia

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    The bandy-bandy is ophiophagous i.e. eats snakes. [21] Despite covering a large distribution across Australia, their diets consist mostly, if not solely of blind snakes from the family Typhlopidae. [3] This family of blind snakes are common throughout Australia and thus are palatable for all six species of Vermicella.

  6. 'Magnificent creatures': New photos show largest anaconda ...

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    Though the findings made by Fry's group are incredible, there are anecdotal reports from the Huaorani people of other anacondas in the area "measuring more than 7.5 meters long (24.6 feet) and ...

  7. Eastern indigo snake - Wikipedia

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    The eastern indigo snake is carnivorous, like all snakes, and will eat any other small animal it can overpower. It has been known to kill some of its prey by pressing the prey against nearby burrow walls. [27] Captive specimens are frequently fed dead items to prevent injury to the snake from this violent method of subduing its prey.

  8. Everglades snake and gator tried to eat each other. They ...

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    Joe Wasilewski, a South Miami-Dade biologist and expert gator and crocodile tracker, examined the photos and surmised the gator wasn’t quite dead when the snake swallowed it snout-first. That ...

  9. Boa constrictor - Wikipedia

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    The boa constrictor is a large snake, although it is only modestly sized in comparison to other large snakes, such as the reticulated python, Burmese python, or the occasionally sympatric green anaconda, and can reach lengths from 3 to 13 ft (0.91 to 3.96 m) depending on the locality and the availability of suitable prey. [16]