Last weekend a customer brought in a snake for ID. Technically two snakes. The larger is a juvenile Copperhead. One of the only venomous snakes in the Metro Atlanta area. The only venomous snake that has been officially seen in the Atlanta Area in years. I often hear of sightings of others, especially the Water Moccasin(aka...Cotton Mouth) but have yet to see one trapped, brought in, photographed or identified by an actual expert in the field. So back to the photo. What you are looking at is a Copperhead that had recently eaten a smaller brown snake. I am always amazed at what a snake can eat relative to their size. Apparently the Copperhead chased down this Brown Snake(actual name not just a description) and swallowed it from tail to head. When the customer smacked it with a shovel about midway down the body, the brown snake started falling out. Kind of gross, but interesting at the same time.
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