Yo DT, thnx for posting that 4 me. Who'd-a guessed... a regal would scent & respond to a getulus as a food item? They & most other serpents do not appear to understand that f/t is dead, as long as it moves, so I dont think that f/t status is a central variable.
Weather or not this depicts nature in vivo...eludes me , but it likely gives us a glimpse @ the possibilities...

BTW as you know...that getulus did in fact succumb to the elapid like venom of a more famous if not more virulent member of the opistoglyph tribe....but that is a report for another day...

I hope one day for a professor such as our own Drs. Fry & Wolfgang... chose to peek a bit closer @ Diadophis venom. My own live feeding trials indicate truly remarkable activity.

Cheers, JG

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• Diadophis research.... - regalringneck, Sun Sep 19 14:12:21 2004
• RE: Diadophis research.... - BGF, Sun Sep 19 17:10:56 2004