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RE: why can't indigos eat large prey

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Posted by: Doug T at Tue Nov 10 11:19:39 2009  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Doug T ]  
   

Unlike Rattlesnakes, adult bushmasters have similar swallowing capacity as indigos. Their heads aren't very big which limits meal size. They eat frequent smaller meals.

DT

>>this rule seems to apply to all snake eatering snakes which dont seem to be able to swallow large prey as their jaws cannot open as wide?
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>>I thought the bush master and rattle snakes etc.. could open there jaws very wide, wide enough to swallow a rabbit.
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>>same with rat and pine snakes but not with king snakes


   

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