BP living with a venomous snake

[Mendel's Balls]

Quote from the author:

"The Ball was a gift and currently lives with the Squamiger. They occupy different nitches in the cage but do interact. As I mentioned, the Ball has in the past taken mice right out of the mouth of the Squam. Other than that one incident they get along fine. Many Zoo's are now setting up mixed environments as long as the species get along."

And what exactly are those two different niches? Looks like they are both eating dead rodents provided by the keeper to me. Kind of hard to even occupy a niche let alone two when you have none of the basic components of a self-sufficient ecosystem in play.

Do these species ranges even overlap in the wild? Is there any chance of the two meeting due to the introduction of one of them as an exotic species?

The fact that the bp stole a rodent from the Squamiger demonstrates quite simplely that they are competitors.

While I could maybe stretch my mind to see a few reasons to house the two together for a controlled experiment, I don't think this is what the the video producer has in mind. Furthermore, such experiments would be crude and are unlikely to meet experimental animal care guidelines.