# Now the snakes are eating the birds!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-snakes-are-eating-the-birds/470808>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 3, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-snakes-are-eating-the-birds/470808 "2008-11-03T02:51:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-snakes-are-eating-the-birds/470808/1 "2008-11-03T02:51:46Z")

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A couple of weeks ago it was a [golden orb weaver spider](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489122&highlight=golden+spider) doing the munching.

Now it’s a [python dining on a sulphur-crested cockatoo.](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24593107-13762,00.html)

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-snakes-are-eating-the-birds/470808/2 "2008-11-03T03:14:49Z")

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What about eating birds _before they’ve even hatched_?

[Egg eating snake (_dasypeltis_?)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyQSo3IgVXU)

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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-snakes-are-eating-the-birds/470808/3 "2008-11-03T03:31:13Z")

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That’s nothing new, folks. Snakes eating birds is actually fairly common. In fact, zoos often feed baby chicks to their resident serpents.

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-snakes-are-eating-the-birds/470808/4 "2008-11-03T15:27:57Z")

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Don’t worry, pretty soon we’ll get some gorillas that eat snakes to take care of the problem.