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Yes, many birds can and do eat snakes.
Generally, birds are prey animals and the snakes would be the predators. All snakes are carnivores (they eat meat) and all of them have evolved various forms of prey detecting, tracking, capturing, and killing mechanisms. The type and size of prey that any given snake will pursue, kill and eat is directly related to the size of the snake. Snakes do not pursue or kill prey that is too large or otherwise unsuited to swallowing whole (snakes cannot chew or tear their food).
While most birds are omnivores, many like the raptors (eagles and hawks, for example) are almost exclusively carnivores and they actively hunt, kill, and eat live prey, including snakes. Raptors are known for eating essentially anything they can kill (they can tear apart their dead prey, making for easier swallowing of a larger animal), so most raptors would likely eagerly consume a snake if given the chance to catch and kill one.
Hawks and eagles are known to kill and eat snakes, even venomous rattlesnakes. The Greater Roadrunner, a member of the cuckoo family that is indigenous to the Southwestern region of the US, is famous for not only eschewing flight in favor of running along the ground (while avoiding the infamous, albeit dim-witted, coyote of cartoon fame), but in its ability to kill and eat snakes. It is reported that more than one Greater Roadrunner will cooperate together in order to kill and then eat a large snake, including venomous species like rattlesnakes.
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Viviyes, only some species of birds do. Small birds may not want a snake as their prey.
yes but not all birds eat the rattlesnakes
Yes, Eagles are the main predators of all snakes, including Rattlesnakes. Eagle's use their sharp talons to swoop down and pick up the Rattlesnakes.
a bird is an animal which can fly and therefor anything that can fly cam eat a snake but sometimes the snake eats the bird but it is very rear so ma ans is yes
Yes, some Birds of Prey, such as hawks and eagle, may eat a rattler. Also, roadrunners will eat a rattlesnake.
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Can eagles eat rattlesnakes?
Yes, eagles will kill and eat rattlesnakes.
What eats roadrunner?
Roadrunners get eaten by Cobra's and Mammals
What kind of birds eat a poisonous rattlesnake?
Roadrunners are known to kill and eat rattlesnakes .
Which animals eat rattlesnakes?
Roadrunners, pigs, King Snakes, any raptor bird, such as, Eagles, Falcons, Hawks. Ect.
Are rattlesnakes quicker than eagles and hawks?
no, if they were, eagles and hawks could not catch them.
Do rattlesnakes eat owls?
No, but owls eat rattlesnakes.
Do rattlesnakes eat Mexican poppies?
No, rattlesnakes are carnivores and eat no plants.
Do rattlesnakes eat foxes?
No, but foxes may eat rattlesnakes at times.
Do Mojave rattlesnakes have predators?
Yes. They are prey to hawks, eagles, and kingsnakes.
Do rattlesnakes eat mushrooms?
No, rattlesnakes only eat small warmblooded animals (e.g. mammals, birds) and sometimes eggs. Rattlesnakes don't eat mushrooms.
Do rattlesnakes eat desert badgers?
Rattlesnakes could not eat an animal as large as a badger. However, badgers will sometimes feed on rattlesnakes.
What desert animal will eat a rattlesnake?
Hawks, eagles, roadrunners, weasels, raccoons, skunks, kingsnakes and a variety of other mammals and birds will eat rattlesnakes, especially young rattlers. Even tarantulas will eat young rattlers.
