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Do snakes eat dead animals

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no. snakes are not scavengers. they wont eat plants either. mostly they hunt just live animals.
No because they are not scavengers but they do kill the animal before they eat it so I guess maybe they do eat dead animals

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Yes, some snakes will take advantage of the bodies of dead animals. I have observed glossy snakes eating road-kill kangaroo rats. In captivity, most snakes are fed pre-killed animals such as rats and mice. It is safer for the snake as they will not be bitten by a dead animal.

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Yes. They swallow their prey whole.

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rats, hares, other snakes, and the such.

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