This phenomenon is primarily observed in several snake species ... The practice of eating other snakes helps reduce competition for food resources and ensures a steady supply of prey.

was among a research team that fed river snails to blunthead slug snakes to study how they eat their prey. “When I first saw it, I had no idea what the snake was doing because it did not swallow ...

Here we test the relative contributions of genetics and environment to the jaw sizes of two tiger snake populations ... enlarge facultatively if they eat large prey. Our study demonstrates ...

Such snakes are called ophiophagus (from Greek ophios meaning "snake" and phagein meaning "to eat") and indeed prey upon other serpentine ... is a major predator that is large and aggressive.

Snake species including the Reticulated Python, Green Anaconda, and Burmese Python, have the capability to subdue and consume humans, although such oc ...