Snake befriends its hamster lunch in zoo

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Snakes usually have hamsters for lunch. But when rat snake Ao-chan and dwarf hamster Gohan-chan met at a Japanese zoo, it was love - and not at first bite. Now, the 120-centimetre snake and gray hamster are room mates, living together in a heated glass box.

Gohan-chan, whose name means "meal" in Japanese, was literally, meant to be the snake's dinner. "When we first found Ao-chan, the snake refused to eat so we went to a pet shop but was told they were out of frozen mice and suggested we try a hamster. However the moment we put it in the cage, it was instantaneous friendship and the snake seemed to have no appetite for it," said zoo keeper Kazuya Yamamoto.

But the love is obviously is shared only by the snake and the hamster. Hanna-chan, a mouse-hunting cat, has been eyeing Gohan-chan ever since Ao-chan decided to befriend it.

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Reuters 1474/06

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[25andrezinho]

i did the same... instead of eating my burger, i befriended it :)

[MASHDOTCOM]

If you domesticate an animal by feeding it prepared food, you sometimes rid of its hunting instinct that's why. That snake won't kill the hamster, cause he's never had to kill sometime to satisfy its hunger. Give it a few days without food and that hamster's a goner

[MrLunatica581]

:o q miedooo no lo queria ver poorq imagine q se lo iba a tragar :o q bonito♥

[MaliaandAundrea]

So cute!!

[TamaoShimizu]

蛇に対して、ハム太郎がでかすぎるのでは？

[Reptile789]

@MASHDOTCOM the hunting instincts of an animal is always born with it and will stay with it forever. The only thing is of course is that they get into the habbit of saying if their gonna feed me prepared food I dont see why I should hunt for it. Either way like you said if you leave it the hamster there for a long time it would be a goner. Love your comment.

[MrGummybearluver]

1:18

Snake: BE MY FRIEND

Hamster: ._. Man, your creepy. I'm out of here.

[lancaid]

Def. not too big. Snake just isn't interested.

[hap641]

i suppose we can all get along. see the cat and crow are friends video too.

[andsparksfly]

Lol @ the cat

[ChickaLovesToDance]

Wow. Who Knew Ya'all Would Try To Kill A Hopless Hamster. Disgrace.

[medicalhockey]

@VanouverCanuck shut up. you're embarassing people from vancouver you idiot. a lot of zoos or people at home feed snakes live rodents.

grow up you little shit.