crab eating snakes

[instar]

http://www.biology.uc.edu/faculty/jayne/pubs/bcjpub43.pdf
http://www.uc.edu/news/gerarda.htm

 

[Fuscus]

The mangrove snake of NT also feeds on crabs which it tears apart.

 

[instar]

I tried to find video footage of one feeding but no luck. id love to see it!

 

[Guest]

I have seen it!!





































I lied

But I have seen them in the wild hehe!

 

[Robert]

Barijti,

You know of anyone up there keeping or (finger's crossed)breeding them this season?

I am hunting down all colubrids in particular Night tiger's,Bockadam's,slatey's,and keelback's.
If you know of anyone up there with any of the following i would love if you could drop me a line.
Cheers Rob

 

[Guest]

Ben Wright occasionally has all of those species.
I am happy to go down and pick you out a nice one, if you like. So no risk of getting a WC specimen in horrible condition.

Brodie

 

[craig]

is that snakes NT?

 

[cwarren72]

Crab eaters hey??? Hmmm Maybe I should get a couple,, will save me having to go to the Doctors so much then.

 

[hugsta]

Amazing they don't do any internal damage with all those sharp bits on the crabs.

 

[instar]

Yeah i was thinking that too Huggy, their digestive juices must be like sulfuric acid, disolve shell quick ???? Maybe they just instinctivly know which way to swallow bits to reduce harm, like other snakes are giuded by the lay of fur to find the head???