I had a spider grab a tail one time. The mouse drug the hatchling around like it did not realize why the snake had his tail. After the spider realized the mouse was not going to die this way her let go and tried again, got him that time. I had another snake that grabbed and coiled the hips and back legs of a rat weanling one time. The baby rat could not hurt the snake but he sure did try for a few minuets until the snake decided to try a better hold. Detached his mouth from the rat rump without letting his prey go. Looked at the rats head for a moment while still coiling his body then struck mouth wide open with entire head inside while re-coiling. Snakes are extremely good hunters.