Eastern Hognose Snake Eating an American Toad

[naturalistguy]

Cool xxXpepsi12Xxx very cool! And jjaassoonngg my road is covered with toads. Hundreds, crushed and alive. 

[xxXpepsi12Xxx]

I watched this in science class today

[jjaassoonngg4488]

where did u get the toad?

[naturalistguy]

Eurostar710, the question of why the hognose snakes venom does not subdue the toads (in my feeding observations) is a big question I have.

[Eurostar710]

That's crazy, I just wish he would have killed the poor thing before swallowing him. That must be an awful way to go :'( I know I know, I'm a softie, but that's why I'm glad I'm buying my BP off someone who starts them on frozen/thawed mice :)

[naturalistguy]

UnkownFB11, the toxin from the toad can NOT harm the eastern hognose. Their diet is about 99% toads in my area. . .and they are completely immune to toad toxins. Read up on them, they are toad specialists. Best, Kenny (NaturalistGuy).

[UnknownFB11]

The poison from that toad can harm the sanke homie, I'd be careful.

[mufcilesy]

@UnknownFB11 the poison wont do no harm as its not getting into the snakes blood stream....these snakes eat toads in the wild

[naturalistguy]

Cootersowner, that's a carpet in my hallway LOL. The snake was kept on sand and detritus form its habitat.

[cootersowner]

Awesome video and beautiful snake. What is the substrate?

[intothevoid0208]

wow.. little bit hard to watch, but cool!.. im getting a western hognose.. when i was reading about it i was informed that the pet store should be feeding the snake pinkies or else it wouldnt accept them when i bring it home (meaning it might only want to eat toads-due to the scent) do you know anything about this? does your snake only feed on toads??

[Bioniclemaster1998]

they actually make good pets. my science teacher has one in a cage in his class, and it doesn't bite at all. it'll just slither around in your hands. I love it! btw good vid.

[genge2006]

cool