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Old 08-08-2006, 04:11 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by bjs
but 1 - 5' snake will EASILY take down a whole nest of rat babies as well, and snakes being opportunists, will choose that over mommy rat every time

however, still more rats, and rats still win...

too bad that it gets cold here, letting a few water monitors and burmese pythons go along the canal would solve that problem, quickly...
If I was one of those snakes without venom I would worry about getting eaten by the rats... When I was kid I saw a BIG RAT kill a small tough dog when surrounded by a pack of dogs.... then the bigger dogs shredded Mr. Rat.

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