They do that a lot in the wild. Snakes eat other snakes...

Posted by sue on February 16, 2001 at 05:58:02:

In Reply to: canibalism posted by janet on February 15, 2001 at 21:23:02:

when they do autopsies on wild snakes, they will frequently find other snakes in their stomachs. Also, the smell of the food might still have been on one of the snakes and they might have gone into a feeding mode automatically. Remember that snakes don't have great eyesight, so if it smells like a mouse, it must be a mouse.
Sorry to hear about your loss, though.
sue

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: when they do autopsies on wild snakes, they will frequently find other snakes in their stomachs. Also, the smell of the food might still have been on one of the snakes and they might have gone into a feeding mode automatically. Remember that snakes don't have great eyesight, so if it smells like a mouse, it must be a mouse. : Sorry to hear about your loss, though. : sue

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