King Snake

[beemer]

This mourning I my little dog spotted a king snake in my drive way. He was balled up with what looked like a corn snake. The king snake a little over 2 ft. and the corn snake maybe 18 in. Even living in the sticks all my life I have never seen that and probably never will again. I'm going to check later to see how it goes.

Dave

[Rcmaveric]

King snakes are snake eaters.

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[Biggin]

King snakes are snake eaters.

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Yeah King snakes kill and eat other snakes. They probably haven't survived but I had pictures of one killing and eating a small copperhead that I took when I was in high school. It took it about an hour or so to do it. When I figured out what was happening I got a camera and and took the pictures about every 15 minutes. Never seen it happen again but gained a new respect for them

[beemer]

I don't know how long they were at it before I found them. Watched a while and went back about an hour later and they were gone. Don't like snakes but it you are going to have them anyway a King snake is the one to have.

[wv109323]

Black snakes will also eat other snakes. I have seen them eating garter snakes and pictures of them eating copperheads.

[Tripplebeards]

Don’t get your colors mixed up. If it’s a coral snake it’s poisonous. Always wanted a king snake for a pet. None here in WI.

[jsizemore]

Most likely no coral snakes either.

[Tatume]

No snakes are poisonous. All snakes are edible. Rattlesnakes are especially tasty. Some snakes, like rattlesnakes and coral snakes, are venomous. :-)

[Tatume]

Had an argument with my previous vet about this. He had to look it up. :-)

[beemer]

The scarlet king snake does look similar to a coral snake. The last scarlet king snake I saw was in 1963, Dad said when he was young they used to be common around here. There are no coral snakes here. The king snakes here are black with a narrow off white or light yellow pattern.

[oneofsix]

Yeah King snakes kill and eat other snakes. They probably haven't survived but I had pictures of one killing and eating a small copperhead that I took when I was in high school. It took it about an hour or so to do it. When I figured out what was happening I got a camera and and took the pictures about every 15 minutes. Never seen it happen again but gained a new respect for themI've seen that exact same struggle- King and a corn a couple years ago. Seems like they fought for a little over an hour- then the king won. What's different from yours is the king I watched was a tad shorter than the corn.
I watched while he tried to swallow the corn, but it was too long- not by much though.
I went back in the house for a bit and when I came back, both were gone. The king must have gotten him down.
I'll see if I can find a picture or 3...

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[Winger Ed.]

Don’t get your colors mixed up. If it’s a coral snake it’s poisonous. .

Red next to yella will kill a fella.
Red next to black is a friend of Jack.