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could a six foot indigo kill a pit of equal or larger size, say a seven or eight footer?

Yeah.

There would be no contest, the Indigo would easily kill a pit as large or larger, especially a large adult Indigo. Indigo's naturally eat other snakes along with anything that they can overpower. Bullsnakes and other pits are primarly rodent feeders. All they would want to do is get away from an attacker. An easy example is if you leave a good size rat in a bullsnakes cage when the snake has no interest in feeding and don't feed the rat, very soon the hungry rat will start pestering the snake, and when the snake only retreats the rat will get bolder and learn to start nibbling on the snake and if left in long enought may even kill a snake that would normally kill and eat the rat if the snakes hunger was an issue. Of course this is just my opinion from personal experience, a long time ago.

A six foot indigo could kill a nine foot bullsnake. Their jaws are crazy strong!

Yes. . . of course.

INDIGOS (Drymachon) are custom-made and tailored for the killing and consumption of other snakes, including but not limited to Rattlsnakes and Pitouphis. They have *EXTREMELY* strong jaws, as any one that has been BIT by one can attest to, and are very aggressive hunters. Pitouphis try to flee potential predators, or stand their ground, rattle their tails, and strike. Neither ploy would work against an INDIGO, as movement seems to STIMULATE their feeding/attack response.I have heard that rattlesnakes stand little to no chance against them. Of course, I have never witnessed such things.....

Sincerely,

Fred Albury

You definitely don't want to get bit by a large indigo! There's a good chance whatever part of you gets bit will never be the same again!