I need to know what is the largest Prey item ever consumed by a snake.. not necessarily the ones represented by this perticular forum but by body weight proportions.. I think its 110% ie the prey was 110% bigger then the snake and succefully eaten and digested... can anyone give me COLD HARD NUMBERS with a source..
I owuld really appreciate it
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Who owns the guiness book?
PatrickR
Dec 09, 2003 10:15 AM
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Blackwater
Dec 09, 2003 07:48 PM
I did a quick search on "google" and found this paper....
http://www.bios.niu.edu/rking/preysizsnksiz.pdf
in case the link won't work...
Prey size VS body size in snakes
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Aucone
Dec 10, 2003 11:44 AM
I know that Boiga irregularis (Brown Tree Snake) is probably up there near the top. This is from memory but I believe that they have been documented to eat prey items that are 150% larger than themselves. If I recall correctly, though it has been a few years since I looked into this, it is in the book:
Rodda, G.H. et.al. eds. 1999. Problem Snake Management: The Habu and Brown Treesnake (I don't have publisher here).
Though they have also been documented to eat soiled feminine hygeine products, which is at least as interesting!
Brian Aucone
