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- From: s0499528@let.rug.nl (R. Dijkhuis)
- Subject: Re: Gratuitous Kills
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 12:51:13 GMT
-
- In article <=xfrb1#@lynx.unm.edu> smeagol@carina.unm.edu (Karl P.) writes:
- >From: smeagol@carina.unm.edu (Karl P.)
- >Subject: Gratuitous Kills
- >Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 01:15:16 GMT
- >
- > Anyone know why a full grown bullsnake might make a gratuitous kill?
- > I fed him a large mouse which he had some difficulty killing. He never
- > actually got a good bite in, instead he pinned down and crushed it. Then
- > he never went back to it.
- > Curious.
- >
- > Any ideas of why he may have done this or what it might mean?
- >
- >
- > ---Reverend Smeagol--
-
- A friend of mine who has a rat snake has seen his snake do this. His
- explanation, as I recall, was that the snake wasn't actually hungry, but
- because the mouse was moving around the terrarium and got in the snake's
- way, the snake killed it out of pure annoyance.
-
- This snake also had this thing about white mice, BTW. He just didn't want to
- eat them. Has anybody got any idea why?
-
- Reinder
-