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What kind of snakes eat jackrabbits?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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15y ago

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It is possible, but highly unlikely. If not always, rattlesnakes (being pit vipers rather than true vipers) will almost always feed on warm-blooded animals.

They consume mice, rats, small birds and other warm-blooded animals that inhabit the habitats they live in. They play an important ecological role by limiting the size of rodent populations in their ecosystems. Rattlesnakes lay motionless for their prey and kill it quickly with a venomous bite. Even if the prey is lucky enough to run off, it will die soon and the rattlesnake will follow the scent and then swallow it. They are near the top of their food chain, but they have some animals like the King Snake on top of it.

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13y ago

If the rattlesnake is an adult, then yes. It will only eat the kits. Adult jack rabbits are too large to swallow whole.

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Some North American King Snakes (Lampropeltis species) will occasionally prey on Rattlesnakes. They are almost completely immune to Rattlesnake venom.

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8y ago

Jackrabbits are herbivores, plant eaters. They don't eat snakes.

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15y ago

boa constricters, I think

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