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anocondas |
roakes68
(39/M/lakeside ca)
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10/17/01 9:46 pm |
i have several large pythons i want to purchase a green anoconda ive been told they eat other snakes should you house them together
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Re: anocondas |
snake11215
(44/M/brooklyn,new york city,u.)
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10/17/01 11:36 pm |
it's true-anacondas are the only large constrictor that will take cold blooded prey.never put them in with other snakes.i wouldn't advise getting one-they're difficult to keep,& generally nasty.
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| This Is a Reply to: Msg 110 by roakes68 |
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Re: anocondas |
BMF_17_M
(20/M/six feet under)
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10/19/01 9:21 am |
Actually many large contstrictors and snakes in
general will eat cold blooded prey. Although it's
uncommon for most snake species to eat other snakes it
does happen. Also, anacondas are not any more likely
to eat other snakes than any other large
constrictor. In the wild they're cold blooded prey consists of
mainly small lizards when they're young and crocodiles
when they mature, not snakes.
I do agree that
one should not keep them. They are large, ill
tempered (although the greens are much nicer than the
yellows), and require a complicated and expensive
enclosure.
BMF
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| This Is a Reply to: Msg 111 by snake11215 |
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Re: anocondas |
snake11215
(44/M/brooklyn,new york city,u.)
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10/19/01 12:02 pm |
that's not true.other than anacondas,i know of no
other large constricyor that will take cold blooded
prey.i've had burmese,reticulated & ball pythons,& a
columian red-tail boa,& allof them have lived together in
various combinations.none of them has ever attacked
another.anacondas,however,will eat almost anything.king snakes will also take
cold blooded prey,but they can't be considered a large
constrictor.
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Re: anocondas |
BMF_17_M
(20/M/six feet under)
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10/21/01 11:05 am |
I have seen african rock pythons constricting and
eating crocodiles. I have also seen other large
constrictors, including burmese pythons, red tailed boas and
reticulated pythons eating cold blooded prey including both
lizards and other snakes. Just because it doesn't happen
in your house doesn't mean it doesn't happen
elsewhere.
BMF
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| This Is a Reply to: Msg 113 by snake11215 |
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Re: anocondas |
snake11215
(44/M/brooklyn,new york city,u.)
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10/21/01 1:37 pm |
very unusual.all the species that you mentioned
track prey with heat sensing pits on their upper
lips.the only conceivable way that they would take cold
blooded prey is if they made a mistake-i.e.,attacked &
grabbed something that threatened them or smelled like
prey,& once they grabbed it,the feeding instinct took
over.it is posible,but definitely not a regular
occurance.
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Re: anocondas |
BMF_17_M
(20/M/six feet under)
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10/21/01 5:21 pm |
Just because reptiles are cold blooded doesn't
mean they don't give off heat that snakes with heat
pits can sense. Also, snakes that have heat pits don't
hunt by those alone, they also hunt by smell and
movement. How else would you explain how you can feed pre
killed food to a snake? Rattles snakes, which hunt by
heat pits as well are known to eat lizards on a
regular basis. As are large constrictors. Granted they
don't eat them as much when they mature since many
species are too small to be food when they're adults. It
may not be an extremely common occurance but it does
happen. Also, they would not eat something that
threatened them. Snake very rarely constrict outside of
feeding response, and when they do constrict in defense,
they never eat what they have killed.
BMF
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Re: anocondas |
snake11215
(44/M/brooklyn,new york city,u.)
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10/21/01 5:28 pm |
once a snake starts constricting-for whatever
reason-if the prey is small enough,they will often swallow
it.the feeding response takes over.i don't know where
you get your information,but i've observed several
types of constrictors,& they all tend to respond in the
same way.
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