Would a deer eat a snake?
07-12-2005, 07:16 PM
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Would a deer eat a snake?
Saw the strangest thing today. A small spotted fawn crossed the two track and met up with another. How cute. Oh, and there was Mom, my sight was suddenly was drawn to her because she was thrashing around with something kinda on her head.
It was a snake and she was biting it, shaking her head around and moving backwards. She dropped it once and then picked it back up and thrashed around some more before running off with it apparently still in her mouth.
I went to the area and found some small blood droplets and an 8-inch tail from some sort of snake. I don't know what kind, I ain't really great with snakes. Your guess is as good as mine.
What the heck is where I'm at now. Do you think she'd eat it or was just defending her fawns?
It was a snake and she was biting it, shaking her head around and moving backwards. She dropped it once and then picked it back up and thrashed around some more before running off with it apparently still in her mouth.
I went to the area and found some small blood droplets and an 8-inch tail from some sort of snake. I don't know what kind, I ain't really great with snakes. Your guess is as good as mine.
What the heck is where I'm at now. Do you think she'd eat it or was just defending her fawns?
07-12-2005, 07:38 PM
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RE: Would a deer eat a snake?
Now I'm at that what the heck stage, too. I doubt a snake would pose much of a threat to a deer, yet I doubt a ruminant would have any use for eating a snake, either.
07-12-2005, 07:56 PM
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RE: Would a deer eat a snake?
Interesting question....
I read a study recently from a Wildlife Management Area here in Texas where bobwhite quail were being decapitated while in their nests on the ground in the spring time.This was happening a lot, and the wildlife biologists were perplexed about the problem. They could not figure out what was eating the quail heads... racoons, foxes, aliens?
Sooo, they set out infrared cameras around the quail nests. Anyone want to guess what was doing it?
Whitetail does that had recently dropped their fawns. Apparently, the quail heads were extremely protein rich and the does were lacking the protein from the rest of their diet.
I'll search for a link to the article for the non-believers, and remember, this was written by a wildlife biologist. Hopefully someone else saw this and can verify the article, I can't seem to find it.
Deer may sometimes eat some strange things.
I read a study recently from a Wildlife Management Area here in Texas where bobwhite quail were being decapitated while in their nests on the ground in the spring time.This was happening a lot, and the wildlife biologists were perplexed about the problem. They could not figure out what was eating the quail heads... racoons, foxes, aliens?
Sooo, they set out infrared cameras around the quail nests. Anyone want to guess what was doing it?
Whitetail does that had recently dropped their fawns. Apparently, the quail heads were extremely protein rich and the does were lacking the protein from the rest of their diet.
I'll search for a link to the article for the non-believers, and remember, this was written by a wildlife biologist. Hopefully someone else saw this and can verify the article, I can't seem to find it.
Deer may sometimes eat some strange things.
07-12-2005, 08:24 PM
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RE: Would a deer eat a snake?
I don't know about deer eating snakes, but I've come to believe that they will eat ants. We've got a lot of ant hills around our place, and particularly in the fall and winter, some of them keep getting torn up. Nothing around here is supposed to eat ants, and the only tracks around the hills are deer tracks. 2 + 2 = 4, right?
07-12-2005, 09:02 PM
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RE: Would a deer eat a snake?
Actually, it is possible. I watched a show that had video of deer eating small fingerling fish that were washing up on a shoreline. I can't remember what kind of fish, but I guess it was a yearly thing at this place.
07-12-2005, 10:07 PM
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RE: Would a deer eat a snake?
born2hunt should be born2punt, cause you're out of downs. Nowhere did I ask if the doe was TRYING to eat the snake. I asked if the doe WOULD eat a snake. Because the only part she left was the small severed tail piece. So on one hand you're a genius, but beings you don't read and/or comprehend very well, it's only YOUR hand and only YOU think so.
Use your other hand.............................................. ....to get the foot out of your mouth.
And this kind of treatment from someone who asks, "how is deer cocaine used"? ROTFLMAO!
gooblerheaven, "stupidest question ever"? Hmmm, more inquiring (i.e. intelligent) minds such as TexasHunter1 & Buck Magnet seem to have some revelant info that might cause you to ask THE STUPIDEST QUESTION EVER. "Why don't I open my mind and try to learn.
Oh, by the way newbies........................................... ..........welcome to the board.
Use your other hand.............................................. ....to get the foot out of your mouth.
And this kind of treatment from someone who asks, "how is deer cocaine used"? ROTFLMAO!
gooblerheaven, "stupidest question ever"? Hmmm, more inquiring (i.e. intelligent) minds such as TexasHunter1 & Buck Magnet seem to have some revelant info that might cause you to ask THE STUPIDEST QUESTION EVER. "Why don't I open my mind and try to learn.
Oh, by the way newbies........................................... ..........welcome to the board.