7’ Indigo snake eating a 5’ bull snake

[D_Walt]

I was at my South Texas deer lease this morning and saw this 7’ long Indigo snake catch and eat a 5’ bull snake right in front of the porch. It was pretty wild. My daughter had 5 friends from school down and they got to see it too, they didn’t seem to traumatized.




You could see the zig-zag track of the indigo in the dust from where he launched his attack.


Probably the same bull snake that got into my storage shed last fall and was nose to nose with me while I was looking through some shelves. At that time I just took it out to the brush. Indigos eat rattlesnakes too, he’s welcome to hang around camp.

 

[JShane]

@Nick87 will be along shortly

 

[Nick87]

@Nick87 will be along shortly

With the god damn cavalry I will be!

 

[ismith]

Had a young chicken run by me a few years ago with a bull snake about that big hanging out of its mouth.

 

[D_Walt]

With the god damn cavalry I will be!

Meh, the indigos are big but they are docile, the kids catch them for giggles sometimes.

 

[Nick87]

Meh, the indigos are big but they are docile, the kids catch them for giggles sometimes.
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Jfc why did I zoom in. Dropped the phone.

 

[Gellar]

I was at my South Texas deer lease this morning and saw this 7’ long Indigo snake catch and eat a 5’ bull snake right in front of the porch. It was pretty wild. My daughter had 5 friends from school down and they got to see it too, they didn’t seem to traumatized.
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You could see the zig-zag track of the indigo in the dust from where he launched his attack.
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Probably the same bull snake that got into my storage shed last fall and was nose to nose with me while I was looking through some shelves. At that time I just took it out to the brush. Indigos eat rattlesnakes too, he’s welcome to hang around camp.

I dream about seeing this stuff in person! I have a 6’ black rat snake. People are usually mortified of it until I tell them they are a member of the king snake family, therefore they eat other snakes including venomous snakes.

The coolest snake thing I’ve ever seen was a bull snake constructing a red tailed hawk. We surmise the hawk picked up the snake to eat, but the bull snake constricted around it as it was flying away and they fell to the ground.

 

[Nick87]

dream about seeing this stuff in person

Yah, so will I tonight. It won't be pleasant.

 

[Gellar]

Yah, so will I tonight. It won't be pleasant.

Those aren’t your wife’s toenails rubbing on your leg.

 

[INMT]

Meh, the indigos are big but they are docile, the kids catch them for giggles sometimes.
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I’m no snake person so that is awesome to see a snake that will eat another snake but let a kid pick it up. Mother nature at its finest.

 

[Chinookilr]

Not gonna walk outside barefoot to take a leak there that’s for sure

 

[JV842]

Meh, the indigos are big but they are docile, the kids catch them for giggles sometimes.
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Indigo’s r definitely one of the coolest snakes there is

 

[mdhunter]

Wish I could unsee this thread…

 

[Laszlo Cravensworth]

I have a friend with Utah DNR who keeps sending me rattlesnake surgery videos. I'm totally cool with the non venomous snakes, but giving oral drugs to a rattler is a bridge too far for me.

 

[D_Walt]

I have a friend with Utah DNR who keeps sending me rattlesnake surgery videos. I'm totally cool with the non venomous snakes, but giving oral drugs to a rattler is a bridge too far for me.

That seems like a terrible idea, what kind of drugs are they giving them?

 

[Laszlo Cravensworth]

That seems like a terrible idea, what kind of drugs are they giving them?

I'll inquire. I suspect that it's the wakeup drugs.

I've requested a picture to share with the squeamish.

@rtraverdavis

 

[rtraverdavis]

I'll inquire. I suspect that it's the wakeup drugs.

I've requested a picture to share with the squeamish.

@rtraverdavis

The stuff of nightmares...

 

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