>>its just so shocking to hear a snake have the ability to kill a snake larger and stronger then it is and swallow it

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>>I read it in a book but i still did not believe it



The snakes they (Lampropletis or Drymarchon) kill are never stronger than they are...

Poisonus (American Pit Vipers) snakes do not have the muscles a constricting snake has.

Nor do garter, water, ribbon, earth, brown, etc...snakes....

When a king snake has the OPPORTUNITY to eat another snake it is usually one mentioned above.....

Years ago I fed a 30" desert king a 24" garter snake....It took him over an hour to eat it, but he got it down...He refused meals for almost two months before wanting to eat again....I think this happens in the wild often....A few large meals can feed a snake an entire year.....But when eating smaller prey many opportunistic meals are consumed in the wild....I found a hatchling Emoryi ratsnake once that had eaten a whole little of pinky mice...I knew this after it regured in my snake bag.....



After that instance I stopped with my one mouse a week feeding schedule and fed my snakes all they wanted whenever they wanted...Up until brumation.
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John Lassiter

Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

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