Texas coral snake eating a Texas ratsnake
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@CarlJFranklin Are Kingsnakes only *mostly* immune to North American pit viper venom, or all snakes in the genus "crotalus" and "agkistrodon"? The venomous snakes here in Korea are mostly Gloydis/Agkistrodon(the taxonomy is a bit messy); if they were the same genus as copperheads would Kingsnakes not be affected by their venom?
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@pleepotnl i had one, too. :(
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@R3ptileRob3rt they are tolerant to rattlesnake venom, perhaps the neurotoxins of the coral snake (which predates mainly on other snakes) could cause some effect on the king snake, still, the coral snake, being much smaller, would be constricted and eaten much before it's venom takes effect.
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i still want to see a king snake and coral and see who will be the victor
i say kingsnakes because i have them and cause they are very high tollernet to venom(immune)
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Poor ratsnake ;( i got one
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this is actually interesting...
i like it:]
Woah that was cool, it doesn't seem the same as a king cobra feeding. I didn't know corals got that big though, or is that a neonate rat? because I thought they get too big for corals to eat. They are awesome animals.
jxz107 2 years ago
@jxz107 Texas coral snakes can get up to 3 feet.
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CarlJFranklin 5 days ago