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neverforget

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2. That's what I thought until I read this in the story:

Reply to MadHound (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 02:08 PM

Feb 2013

"The strategy takes advantage of the snake's two big weaknesses. Unlike most snakes, brown tree snakes are happy to eat prey they didn't kill themselves, and they are highly vulnerable to acetaminophen, which is harmless to humans."

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I might be wrong, but don't snakes eat only prey that is alive at the time of capture? n/t MadHound Feb 2013 #1

That's what I thought until I read this in the story: neverforget Feb 2013 #2

Well then, it sounds like a good plan, MadHound Feb 2013 #3

Not all snakes. I used to keep milk snakes as pets, and although their favored prey tblue37 Feb 2013 #4