Sunday, January 11, 2009

Milk snakes don't drink milk

Milk snakes activity is mostly nocturnal. They are primarily terrestrial, except the scarlet kingsnake which is known to take shelter under the bark of standing dead trees.Milk snakes eat a lot of different rodents.Milk Snakes are much more opportunistic eaters than the fox snake or corn snake. They have been known to consume a variety of animals including rodents, eggs, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. Nevertheless the diet of an adult milk snake still primarily consists of rodents. They are nocturnal eaters and are often found during the day in old barns and under wood.
Like other members of the king snake family, the milk snakes sometimes eat other snakes, and do have at least some immunity to their venom.

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