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Naja melanoleuca juvenile swallowing an adult Dasypeltis fasciata In the backyard of a friend, in Gabon, we encouter this weird show of this cobra snake eating another snake, what a incredible moment !<br /> It is well known that cobras love eating other snakes as a primary source of food. Elapidae,Forest cobra,Gabon,Geotagged,Herpetology,Naja,Naja melanoleuca,Squamata,Summer,reptile,snake Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Naja melanoleuca juvenile swallowing an adult Dasypeltis fasciata

In the backyard of a friend, in Gabon, we encouter this weird show of this cobra snake eating another snake, what a incredible moment !
It is well known that cobras love eating other snakes as a primary source of food.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Do they also eat their own? Once found a cannibalistic snake:

    Ratonel cannibal behavior, Uraba, Colombia 10 minutes after our guide pulled a Colombian rainbow boa out of the bushes at night, here's comes another snake. An observation we will not soon forget. This is a Ratonel, which is known to feed on any animal it can handle, including other snakes and animals larger than itself.<br /> <br /> The idea was to place it on the roadside for a few quick photos, and then place it back. What we could not foresee was that the Ratonel, probably from stress, puked out another snake. And that other snake, is another Ratonel. In this photo you see the underside of the eaten Ratonel, the other side side has the dark red just like the living Ratonel.<br /> <br /> So this looks like cannibalistic behavior. I've been searching around but haven't yet found information about this being known behavior, so this could be scientifically relevant.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/58683/ratonel_cannibal_behavior_-_ii_uraba_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/58682/ratonel_cannibal_behavior_-_closeup_uraba_colombia.html Antioquia,Colombia,Colombia Choco & Pacific region,Pseudoboa neuwiedii,South America,Uraba,Urabá,World,cannibalism
     Posted 2 years ago, modified 2 years ago
  2. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    What a cool encounter! Posted 2 years ago

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The Forest cobra

The forest cobra, also called the black cobra and black or white-lipped cobra, is the largest true cobra species native to Africa, mostly the central and western parts of the continent. It prefers lowland forest and moist savanna habitats.

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Uploaded Jan 13, 2023. Captured Dec 25, 2014 11:35 in 9HMJ+C6 Franceville, Gabon.
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  • NIKON D800E
  • f/3.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO100
  • 105mm
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