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Upscale
at Fri Jun 13 08:01:50 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Upscale ]
I’ve seen a kingsnake coil a grip around a corn and then twist the corn by the head until it was a ball of kinked dead snake. Definitely a lot more work than killing a rodent. It may be that bullsnakes are conditioned to hold a prey item (or two) up against the side of a burrow, rat snakes just have to loop around a mouse, etc. Maybe kingsnakes develop that classic “hangman’s noose” type squeeze from coiling around other snakes and using their whole bodies to grip that type food item?
This pic is not meant to illustrate the point, but the little guy is getting down on two pinks right from the start!
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- Perfect constriction - FunkyRes, Fri Jun 13 01:29:19 2008
- RE: Perfect constriction - EddieF, Fri Jun 13 06:53:55 2008
RE: Perfect constriction - Upscale, Fri Jun 13 08:01:50 2008 
- ghost? - daveb, Fri Jun 13 15:11:03 2008

- Pretty good coil - EddieF, Fri Jun 13 08:06:43 2008
- I knew this pic would come in handy..... - JKruse, Fri Jun 13 09:01:37 2008

- RE: Perfect constriction - crimsonking, Fri Jun 13 12:21:48 2008
- Ok... - viborero, Fri Jun 13 13:58:30 2008
- RE: Ok... - reako45, Sat Jun 14 05:10:33 2008
- RE: Perfect constriction - PDC, Fri Jun 13 13:59:59 2008

- RE: Perfect constriction - Ace, Sat Jun 14 18:02:07 2008
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