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Yes, many birds can and do eat snakes.
Generally, birds are prey animals and the snakes would be the predators. All snakes are carnivores (they eat meat) and all of them have evolved various forms of prey detecting, tracking, capturing, and killing mechanisms. The type and size of prey that any given snake will pursue, kill and eat is directly related to the size of the snake. Snakes do not pursue or kill prey that is too large or otherwise unsuited to swallowing whole (snakes cannot chew or tear their food).
While most birds are omnivores, many like the raptors (eagles and hawks, for example) are almost exclusively carnivores and they actively hunt, kill, and eat live prey, including snakes. Raptors are known for eating essentially anything they can kill (they can tear apart their dead prey, making for easier swallowing of a larger animal), so most raptors would likely eagerly consume a snake if given the chance to catch and kill one.
Hawks and eagles are known to kill and eat snakes, even venomous rattlesnakes. The Greater Roadrunner, a member of the cuckoo family that is indigenous to the Southwestern region of the US, is famous for not only eschewing flight in favor of running along the ground (while avoiding the infamous, albeit dim-witted, coyote of cartoon fame), but in its ability to kill and eat snakes. It is reported that more than one Greater Roadrunner will cooperate together in order to kill and then eat a large snake, including venomous species like rattlesnakes.
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Can eagles eat rattlesnakes?
Yes, eagles will kill and eat rattlesnakes.
What eats roadrunner?
Roadrunners get eaten by Cobra's and Mammals
What eats a rattlesnake in the wild?
In the wild, animals such as hawks, eagles, coyotes, and other snakes are known to eat rattlesnakes.
What kind of birds eat a poisonous rattlesnake?
Roadrunners are known to kill and eat rattlesnakes .
What are some examples of animals that eat rattlesnakes in their natural habitat?
Some examples of animals that eat rattlesnakes in their natural habitat include kingsnakes, hawks, eagles, and roadrunners. These predators help control rattlesnake populations in the wild.
Which animals eat rattlesnakes?
Roadrunners, pigs, King Snakes, any raptor bird, such as, Eagles, Falcons, Hawks. Ect.
Are rattlesnakes quicker than eagles and hawks?
no, if they were, eagles and hawks could not catch them.
Do rattlesnakes eat owls?
No, but owls eat rattlesnakes.
Do rattlesnakes eat Mexican poppies?
No, rattlesnakes are carnivores and eat no plants.
Do rattlesnakes eat foxes?
No, but foxes may eat rattlesnakes at times.
Do rattlesnakes eat mushrooms?
No, rattlesnakes only eat small warmblooded animals (e.g. mammals, birds) and sometimes eggs. Rattlesnakes don't eat mushrooms.
Do rattlesnakes eat desert badgers?
Rattlesnakes could not eat an animal as large as a badger. However, badgers will sometimes feed on rattlesnakes.
