ophiophagy
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Ophiophagy
Ophiophagy ("snake eating") is a specialized form of
feeding
or alimentary
behavior
of animals which
hunt
and eat
snakes
. There are ophiophagous mammals (such as the
skunks
and the
mongooses
),
birds
(such as
snake eagles
, the
Secretary Bird
, and some
hawks
), lizards (such as
Crotaphytus collaris
), and even other snakes, such as the Central and South American
mussuranas
and the North American Common
Kingsnake
(Lampropeltis getula). There is even an entire genus of snakes named after this habit, Ophiophagus, with species such as the venomous
King Cobra
(Ophiophagus hannah).
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ophiophagy
The eating of snakes
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