| MadSci Network: Environment & Ecology |
The answer is anything, and everything. Here are some links for how snakes are consumed. As antivenom resources: http://howto.yahoo.com/ask/ 20000803.html Technically, they aren't killed, only "milked" As medical treatments: Traditional Medicine http://www.aapn.org/viettm.html As human food: Rattle snake chili, a search engine reply! rattle snake chili Animal predators: Mongoose http://bartleby.com/65/mo/mo ngoose.html Even snake predators: King snake http:/ /www.attitude.com/users/zoo/zoo/animals/kingsnakes.html As an exercise, you can check out parasites and infectious diseases! Yes, being a snake, even a deadly snake is a hard life! David
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