Researchers have observed a gruesome feeding behavior in a snake species native to southeast Asia during which the serpent cuts open the body of its toad prey and eats the organs, one-by-one, while ...

After Oligodon fasciolatus cut through the abdomen of Duttaphrynus melanostictus it inserted its head into the toad's abdomen to extract and eat organs. Winai Suthanthangjai Even for the animal world, ...

The 10 snakes faced a tough predicament. Collected from the Colombian Amazon, they had been without food for several days in ...

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While the majority of snakes would normally swallow their prey whole, the Small-banded Kukri Snake seems to have evolved a particularly macabre feeding habit that has never before been witnessed in a ...

After describing a unique behaviour in the Small-banded Kukri Snake (Oligodon fasciolatus) last September, two new studies, also led by Henrik Bringsøe, are now reporting the same gruesome feeding ...

Larger garter snakes (they can grow about 3 feet long) also eat meadow voles, which will otherwise wreak havoc on roots, tubers and bark. My favorite snakes are among the most docile encountered in a ...