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Constriction - Are BP's More Efficient or Just Lazy?
I have watched lots of snake feedings on TV and Youtube. And something I have noticed about BP's is that the use only what they need to kill the animal. Other constrictors that I have seen (mostly retics and boas) wrap every single coil they have around a prey item.
Has anyone else noticed this?
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Re: Constriction - Are BP's More Efficient or Just Lazy?
i have noticed with my bp that he wont wrap up smaller prey but if its a bigger one he will wrap all the way around it. not sure about other snakes though.
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Re: Constriction - Are BP's More Efficient or Just Lazy?
When I feed my large male corn snake it's like a WWF Cage Match!!! There's just snake everywhere, tumbling and thrashing and using every inch of his body to kill the prey. Not at all like a BP.
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Re: Constriction - Are BP's More Efficient or Just Lazy?
My thoughts on this are that a bp has to worry about a rodent prey's defenses. In this case the only form of real danger are the rodents teeth; striking the head and constricting the chest is more than enough to incapacitate its prey.
When you start talking about larger snakes you also start talking about larger and more dangerous prey. Utilizing every coil when it comes to larger prey could mean the difference between eating or not eating, and perhaps life and death.
I think its a matter of evolution, why waste energy on constriction when you don't have too.
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Re: Constriction - Are BP's More Efficient or Just Lazy?
I wonder if it's a function of how they live and hunt in the tight quarters of rodent burrows. There wouldn't be a whole lot of room to toss coils around in there maybe?
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Re: Constriction - Are BP's More Efficient or Just Lazy?
i had one try to eat it with out constriction! that was interesting and that one has never had frozen either
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Re: Constriction - Are BP's More Efficient or Just Lazy?
Mine only throws one coil but it gets to job done.
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Re: Constriction - Are BP's More Efficient or Just Lazy?
Originally Posted by frankykeno
I wonder if it's a function of how they live and hunt in the tight quarters of rodent burrows. There wouldn't be a whole lot of room to toss coils around in there maybe?
I tend to agree with you on this, Joanna. Milton has actually just pinned his rat to the wall on a couple of occasions. That would work great if you were in a tiny little rat burrow!
I never really thought about it, but now I'm convinced that BPs are the smartest hunters... except for that whole which-end-is-the-head thing that some do...
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Re: Constriction - Are BP's More Efficient or Just Lazy?
From what I've seen with my colubrids, it depends on how big the prey item is. I once fed a larger than normal mouse to one my variable kingsnakes..and she wrapped up the whole thing even though it was f/t. It took her quite a while to get it down though.
My pythons never seem to wrap more than a coil or two.
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