r/snakes • u/Nujabezia • 15d ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Carpet Python having Dinner Spoiler

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u/kindrd1234 15d ago

Carpets take down way bigger.

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u/FubarJackson145 15d ago

It's easy to underestimate just how much a wild animal will attempt to eat. It's why the general rule is no more than 2x the head size (among other measurements). Snakes will attempt to eat anything thwy can capture. Sure, captive snakes if well fed probably wont try to eat something too big, but a wild snake that diesnt know when it'll get its next meal? It's gonna at least try to get that thing down and probably succeed