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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