While the majority of snakes would normally swallow their prey whole, the Small-banded Kukri Snake seems to have evolved a particularly macabre feeding habit that has never before been witnessed in a ...

Ill-informed snake owners are feeding their animals on a timetable more attuned to mammalian pets such as dogs and cats - Pacific Press/LightRocket Britain has a growing problem with obese pet snakes ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While many homes welcome cats or dogs, others opt for a pet that is considered more unconventional: snakes. Those who have accepted the scaly ...

Snakes are a diverse lineage of reptiles that are found on every continent except Antarctica. Despite differences in appearance, habitat preference, defence tactics and underlying biology, one thing ...

Two hundred twenty five prey items were identified from the stomach contents and faeces of museum specimens, roadkills, and live Calloselasma rhodostoma collected throughout Southeast Asia. Overall, ...

Snakes are a diverse lineage of reptiles that are found on every continent except Antarctica. Despite differences in appearance, habitat preference, defence tactics and underlying biology, one thing ...

Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Jun., 1994), pp. 165-172 (8 pages) The diet of the Concho water snake Nerodia harteri paucimaculata was investigated from 1987 to 1990 by palpation of stomach ...

Unlike most animals’ weapons — like claws, horns or teeth — snake venom is in a perpetual race with the defenses of their prey. Snakes upgrade their venom; rodents and amphibians upgrade their ...