what will happen if a venomous snake was bitten by another venomous snake or was injected with a venom, will the snake die?
2007-10-31 13:30:54 · 8 answers · asked by kmb 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
King snakes are immune to rattlesnake venom and are well known for consuming other snakes. When you mate two kings, you have to watch them carefully or one may consume the other.
2007-10-31 14:35:58 · answer #1 · answered by Darla G 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
yes it depends on the species the easiest example is the king cobra its venom kills other snakes but is immune to others venom because they are a snake eating species
2007-10-31 21:38:59 · answer #2 · answered by Richard G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a damm good question.
i rescue, rehabilitate & release many reptiles here in australia.
i have witness brown, black & tiger snakes bite & envonomate themselves without any of the symtoms we as humans would have,
But have noticed that on most occassion's there has been noticble fang marks & scabing in the immeadete area of the bite.
it is a known fact that black & tiger snakes can & will be cannablist if it has to,
so this leeds me to belive that Yes, there must be damage being done by the venom in order for the snake to eat it.
hope this helps
Cheers Matt
2007-10-31 23:56:25 · answer #3 · answered by matt c 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i love reptiles and from the books that i have read they can't kill each other with venom but i once saw a snake eat a snake.
2007-11-01 05:02:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I've read on the subject, one venomous snake, can not kill another by injecting poison.
2007-10-31 20:33:50 · answer #5 · answered by Beau R 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
depends. If it was the same species, no- they are immune to their own venom. If it was another species- quite likely- the venom would be different and they won't have an immunity to it.
Actually, the snake that was bitten would die no matter what- if one snake killed another, it would eat the loser.
2007-10-31 20:36:27 · answer #6 · answered by D 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Danielle, I think you're right on the mark there
2007-11-08 10:50:42 · answer #7 · answered by Unicornrider 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I dont know, good question tho.
2007-10-31 20:34:47 · answer #8 · answered by Golfnut 3 · 0⤊ 8⤋