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Video: What Do Snakes Eat? Lesson for Kids
Instructor
Sara Clarke-Vivier
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Sara is a recently graduated PhD in Education with interdisciplinary experience in K-12 education.
Video Summary for What Do Snakes Eat?
This video explores the fascinating world of snake diets, highlighting that snakes are carnivores, meaning they only eat meat.
The food snakes consume depends on their habitat and size.
Small snakes typically eat insects, insect eggs, small mammals, birds, eggs, other reptiles, amphibians, and fish.
Larger snakes can consume much bigger prey, including:
- Dogs and pigs
- Deer
- Sometimes even humans (in the case of reticulated pythons)
Snakes eat infrequently, with small species eating once or twice weekly while larger ones may go weeks without food.
Since snakes swallow prey whole without chewing, they become dormant during digestion to conserve energy.
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