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Do kookaburras eat snakes

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Yes. However, despite being in the kingfisher family, fish form a small part of the kookaburra's diet. They are carnivorous, feeding on vertebrates such as reptiles, fish, frogs and even small birds and mammals. Kookaburras have been observed catching a snake or lizard, carrying it up into the trees, and vigorously beating it on a branch or dropping it to kill it. They also eat invertebrates such as insects, Spiders, worms, centipedes and crustaceans.

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They certainly do. Kookaburras are carnivorous, feeding on vertebrates such as reptiles, fish, frogs and even small birds and mammals. Kookaburras have been observed catching a snake or lizard, carrying it up into the trees, and vigorously beating it on a branch or dropping it to kill it. They also eat invertebrates such as insects, spiders, worms, centipedes and crustaceans.

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Yes. Kookaburras do eat snakes. Their preferred foods are invertebrates such as worms, spiders, insects and insect larvae. However, they certainly eat snakes, lizards, small mammals and birds if the opportunity arises. They kill snakes by banging them on tree branches or rocks, which also serves the function of softening the snake.

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No. Kookaburras do not prey on or eat echidnas. Kookaburras prefer smaller prey, and are especially fond of invertebrates such as worms, spiders, insects and insect larvae, as well as snakes, lizards, small mammals and birds if the opportunity arises.

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Yes. Kookaburras can, and do, eat snakes. All four species of kookaburras are carnivorous, feeding on invertebrates such as insects, spiders, worms, centipedes and crustaceans. They also eat vertebrates such as reptiles, fish, frogs and even small birds and mammals. Kookaburras have been observed catching a snake or lizard, carrying it up into the trees, and vigorously beating it on a branch or dropping it to kill it.

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No. Rabbits are too large for kookaburras.

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No. Kookaburras do not and cannot eat people.

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Yes, they do! They can also eat other insects.
Kookaburra's eat insects so you could say that they eat grasshoppers. they've probaly adapted to eating them^^

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