Snakes Fighting
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 15:09Via Dan Branton: “A King Snake battles a chicken snake in our drive here in the Mississippi Delta near Leland, MS”
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Anonymous says:
May 8th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
thats a king snake and a garter snake.
Anonymous says:
August 1st, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Speckled kingsnake and Garter snake.
msgirl says:
September 3rd, 2010 at 11:05 am
hey just found a garter snake, saved it from our cat. its only about a foot long though. probably gonna keep it until it heals. they are pretty cool
jr says:
December 21st, 2010 at 8:31 am
snake fight and anything to do with fighting is sooooo stupid and people that do it is very very stupid and need to get a life. all you people unempolyed and still working is stupid all u people that like that crap is retarded u all will get what comes to you
Ralf Steinbeck says:
January 21st, 2011 at 5:08 pm
Snake fighting needs to be outlawed. People who promote these events and people who watch should be put in jail. Snakes are animals too. What’s the difference between dog fights and chicken fights? What’s next? Turtle fights?
nik nik says:
June 8th, 2011 at 8:08 pm
who ever got close enough to take this picture did alot better than i could do. i would of ran like a damn chicken.
Hunter says:
June 24th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
I doubt these snakes were set to fighting, it wouldn’t be much of a fight considering that king snakes are far more aggressive than garters. Plus, snakes fight all the time in the wild, and in developed locations. I myself took a video of two garter snakes swallowing each other as they fought over a frog, (Which got away I might add.) I was scared shitless before I found out what was happening though because it was night and the frog was making its death cries.
Robert says:
July 3rd, 2011 at 4:00 pm
That JR chap is a bit of a loser if you ask me, not to bright as well, poor education.
In my country many people can go a life time without seeing snakes, when they do see a snake the whole area will know about it.
The only snake that can bites is the adder and it’s highly unlikely to kill, but you can lose an arm or a leg.
This photo is the first I’ve seen of two snakes fighting. in my area if you see two snakes that look to be fighting of course they are mating.
Anonymous says:
August 18th, 2011 at 3:34 am
sorry that king snake is just doing what comes naturally, Attacking it’s pray… that or you’re a perv for snapping shots of Snake porn…lol
Anonymous says:
October 15th, 2011 at 2:30 pm
I must say I’m a little surprised that he was brainless enough to actually assume that people had purposely put these two together to fight.. If that is the case then obviously it’s ridiculous but it is going to be very very unlikely.. Looks like the only one that needs to get a job is him.. He needs to get a grip.. It’s not nice seeing anything fight but if it’s about territory or food then they know no better of course they are going to fight and the king is definitely more likely to win as it’s the more aggressive species.
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January 5th, 2012 at 2:05 am
Apple now has Rhapsody as an app, which is a great start, but it is currently hampered by the inability to store locally on your iPod, and has a dismal 64kbps bit rate. If this changes, then it will somewhat negate this advantage for the Zune, but the 10 songs per month will still be a big plus in Zune Pass’ favor.
KingsnakesFTW says:
March 6th, 2012 at 3:19 pm
Well this is a picture of, as was mentioned before, a Speckled King Snake killing a Garter Snake. Let me educate the few here whom clearly have no clue. There is a reason the King Snake is called a King Snake. They pray on everything including other snakes, from Garters- Rattle snakes, depending on the area of course. So this King is merely getting himself a meal. Unfortunate for the Garter for sure but all part of nature. There are many snakes that pray on other snakes; King Snakes, Milk Snakes and King Cobra’s to name a few. So really what you seeing is nature as it was intended at work here. Not to many people have actually seen this sort of thing.
Anonymous says:
October 25th, 2012 at 2:18 pm
I disagree that snake fighting should be illegal. I have an uncle who supports his family on what he makes from snake fights.
Buddy Miller says:
December 8th, 2012 at 6:09 pm
Looks like a beaded king killing a chicken snake to me. In every book about snakes I’ve ever read, they were called beaded( as in beads) king snakes not speckled king snakes.For all you folks that keep calling this a garter snake; a garter snake has stripes and I don’t see the frst stripe on either one of these snakes, so you must be seeing a snake on here that I don’t see.
Buddy Miller says:
December 9th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
After having a closer look, I do believe this is a beaded king killing an eastern garter snake. My glasses must have been dirty because I do see the stripes now. So I apologize for my blindness.
julie says:
May 3rd, 2013 at 4:06 pm
I have 4 snakes. 2 are kings ( a desert and a California) and 2 baby garters. The 2 garters live in he same tank with the desert king. They have been in the same tank for a year. Noone eating anyone.