They have very strong jaws (crushing jaws) and grasp their snake prey and hold it and work their way to its head and eat it. And they have a natural immunity to venom if bitten by venomous snakes it may prey upon. I am not sure if constriction is partly used but will one day see what happens with a racer and report the findings. I suppose it may use its body to hold down a struggling snake like an indigo does vice constricting a snake like a kingsnake does.



Dan

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• Diet: Black Mambas, Puff Adders, and Forest Cobras - FRAN, Sun Apr 17 15:57:07 2005
• RE: Diet: Black Mambas, Puff Adders, and Forest Cobras - Greg Longhurst, Sun Apr 17 16:49:11 2005
• I don't know... - psilocybe, Sun Apr 17 19:29:27 2005
• RE: I don't know... - joeysgreen, Mon Apr 18 11:21:02 2005
• RE: I don't know... - FRAN, Mon Apr 18 11:44:40 2005
• RE: Dang, Dan! - Greg Longhurst, Mon Apr 18 17:37:22 2005
• RE: Dang, Dan! - FRAN, Mon Apr 18 18:10:41 2005
• RE: Diet: Black Mambas, Puff Adders, and Forest Cobras - thefiradragon, Wed Apr 20 09:05:15 2005
• RE: Diet: Black Mambas, Puff Adders, and Forest Cobras - Greg Longhurst, Wed Apr 20 17:44:15 2005
• And I might add - FRAN, Wed Apr 20 22:41:29 2005
• RE: Diet: Black Mambas, Puff Adders, and Forest Cobras - thefiradragon, Wed Apr 20 23:14:20 2005
• RE: Diet: Black Mambas, Puff Adders, and Forest Cobras - FRAN, Thu Apr 21 07:35:32 2005
• thank you n/p - thefiradragon, Thu Apr 21 11:32:26 2005