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An AMAZING eating feat!! Couldn't believe my eyes!!!!
Alright, once everyone here gets to know me a little better, they will learn that I love to share stories about snakes!!!!
This is a story of a rat snake taking down a bird that was way too large.
Here is the human story.
My husband went walking with the dog and upon returning to the house, he saw a massive amounts of birds hanging out in one spot. He was wondering why so many birds were in our yard! What could be going on! Then he walked over and found out. A rather small rat snake snag one of their friends, killed it, and was trying to eat it.
Chris comes running inside yelling, "Star, you HAVE to come see this and bring a camera!"
So, now I know I MUST see this and grabbed the camera. I came outside. We tried to move the birds away as they were trying to avenge their fallen loved one.
I seriously thought this snake was going to die eating this bird. It was day light out when this started, not dusk either. By time he/she finished, we had to have a flashlight to find him because it was pitch dark. It took this snake HOURS to eat. I seriously thought he was going to kill himself with this prey size.
It took forever!
Here is the Rat Snake story
Still amazed at how small the bump is in the snake. You would think it would be much larger.
The snake didn't even seem to care that I was taking pictures, fleeing birds away from him, using flashlights, and everything. I was actually worried about this snake! I rarely see snakes in the wild and to find one in your own yard eating like this was just plain amazing and lucky!
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Awesome story. I'm a big fan of rat snakes. Definitely lucky for that to be in your yard, good thing it wasn't in somebody else's that would have killed him, especially with as long as it took. My neighbor told me last night about her co-worker chopping up a Garter snake in their yard. Just for being a snake, of course.
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Talk about your eyes being bigger than your stomach!
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Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." ~ Terry Pratchett
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That is a mighty impressive job by that snake!
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Re: An AMAZING eating feat!! Couldn't believe my eyes!!!!
It's one of the reasons we love snakes so much! They never cease to amaze us! What a blessing to see something like that in your own yard! Thanks for sharing it with us!!
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Amazing....thanks for sharing.
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What a hog. Thanks for sharing.
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Wow, that's incredible!! Go little ratsnake go!
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Aww, too cute! Birds are all feathers, but that one seemed chunky!
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Well he should be full for at least a day or so What wonderful photos. Thanks for sharing.
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