a system that has also been studied in the Indian egg-eating snake (Elachistodon westermanni), which is ecologically similar. Various rat snakes are also known for eating a bunch of bird eggs, as are ...

In a horrible incident, a family in South Africa's Durban came across a deadly snake eating their pet bird alive. The black mamba snake had managed to slither into their home in Queensburgh on Monday.

When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an ... and this practice helps deter predators from eating the eggs. "What do snakes eat? They eat a lot of mice and small mammals ...

tiny snake like this swallow a bird egg.” Dr. Maritz said Dr. Jayne’s study stands out because it upends traditional thinking when it comes to estimating the size of prey a snake can swallow.