Theres a few different things going on here. first the work cannibil is a bit confusing, because it means consuming the SAME. That is, eating animals in your group, tribe, species, cult.



You see, animals and primitive humans do not read our books, so they do not know that the OTHERS are the same. That is, a kingsnake does not know that a cornsnake is, WELL A Snake, its just prey. That said, It also does not know that a kingsnake from another colony is the same. it does know that its mate and offspring are the same, most likely be smell, but that does not matter. What matters is the understanding of THE SAME.



You see the problem is humans being selfcentered, we named these animals, then we discribe these animals by our names. Anthropromorphic.



Yet these animals do not read, or watch TV or go to school, or read books or watch TV, so they really do not understand what we call cannibilism. If its prey, they eat it, there is no thought process as to our difintion of what is cannibilism.



Do snakes eat other snakes, yes, amoung our kingsnakes, getula appears to be more prone to snakes, and eastern types more prone then western types. But as mentioned, all kingsnakes can consume other snakes.



In fact, kingsnakes are not the most specialized at that. Corals, ringnecks, longnose, racers and coachwhips, and of course the best we have in the states Indigos, are big time snake consumers.



Back to cannibilism. that term is based on people eating people. Mainly because we do not consider people animals.



Primitive tribes consumed members of other tribes, as they considered them, just other animals. Somehow civilied man does not.



So is a coyoted eating a fox cannibilism? Or a fish that eats another fish? A lizard that eats other lizards, wow this is funny



All in all, kingsnakes are not cannibils because they do not consume their mates. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm



I agree with your husband, milksnakes are whimpy but not to mice? Cheers and just food for thought

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