King Cobra Snake Eating Red Tailed Racer Snake - Closeups

I got lucky to get here just as this big king cobra snake was eating this also big red-tailed racer (rat snake). I was less than 1 foot away from the king cobra here. When snakes are eating there isn't a lot that can bother them. Well, not a lot they can do. Especially when a snake eats a snake and has 2 meters of snake to get down his throat. He still had another meter of this red-tailed racer snake to go and the racer snake's tail was wrapped around a rock. So, it was slow going. The red-tailed racer he is eating was one of my favorite snakes here - a BEAUTIFUL snake. They puff up vertically when agitated - opposite of cobras. They are really cool snakes.

Anyway. I just lucked into this king cobra chowing down and doing so very close to the fence. I'll post a photo or two at the king cobra page at ThailandSnakes.com because the photos were ultra clear.

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[ellie3637]

I don't see any red tail snkes

[thaipulsedotcom]

@ellie3637 yeah, unfortunately the names they have for snakes don't often match. Sometimes the tail is more reddish...

[jxz107]

That seems very uneconomical... Was the Red tailed Rat snake WC?

If it was WC, it would have taken time to find and capture it, and if it was CB, then wouldn't it be an expensive meal?

Of course, there's no difference in feeding a snake a mouse or another snake, but that still seems very uneconomical... Must be very costly feeding King Cobras : )

[thaipulsedotcom]

@jxz107 sometimes caught in wild, sometimes bought snakes to feed them. Yeah, it can be expensive to feed 9-10 of them!

[scotyerry]

Did the snake die the (green one)

[thaipulsedotcom]

@scotyerry you might be surprised to know - it is alive and healthy in the digestive tract of the king cobra. This is a symbiotic relationship that has evolved over the millenia. Remarkable nature...

[thaipulsedotcom]

@Toureebo Yeah, I could have opened the cage and gone in and yanked that oxygen deprived rat snake from the 4 meter king cobras gullet and given him mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing. It was more fun to watch the snake eat it though. If you come here we can film you doing the next one - they eat these same snakes all the time - like popcorn treats. Cheers man, look me up.

[JWVSJW]

It seems the green snake just swallow something too before it got swallowed

[animesfan5686]

Don't be too cruel. At least kill the prey before feeding to the cobra. You wouldnt want to die slowly while your predator is devouring you right? Animals are the same. Although this doesn't apply to the wild because we can't control it. But it does when you're feeding some animals alive to the pet. Just shows whoever the feeder is, he treat animals like they are inferior to humans.

[Mythicalcurse]

@thaipulsedotcom You wouldn't save a dog? Even if it had an owner? So say your dog was attacked or a dog you knew had a family was attacked, you wouildn't save it?

[MrCubensis1]

good thing snakes number one fear is climbing under, over, or through fences... -__-

[moietmavieana]

The green snake is moving... Is it after death muscle spasm? How long does it take for a cobra to swallow the whole snake? Where they kept in the same cage, or? I mean, how did the encountar happen?

[akram4707]

Good to see

[whackowitch]

This seems like such a horrible digestive experience. I'm glad to be able to eat conveniently.