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How do nonvenomous snakes kill?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Some snakes kill by constricting the prey until dead - boas, pythons, gopher snakes, etc. Some, such as garter snakes simply overpower the prey with their jaws and swallow the prey. See the image above.

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