A funny tale out of southeast Georgia tells of an eastern indigo Hydra that had been catch , only to honk up two more serpent to the surprise of capturer Matt Moore of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources ( DNR ) . The wildlife technician keep on to get more than he bargained for when one of the two snakes turned out to be alive . Three snakes for the price of one ? Now that ’s value .
TheRussian dollwildlife coming upon start out with a 1.2 - meter ( 4 - foot ) eastern indigo snake ( Drymarchon couperi ) , which at full size is the longest native snake in the United States . It had been enchant and tagged and localize in a travelling bag for weighing but in the process , it threw up quite the surprisal : when Moore opened the bag there were two more snake .
“ It was filled to the rim with ophidian , ” Moore said in a Georgia DNRblog post .
The Lazarus rattlesnake snake that came back to life also had a suspiciously mouse-sized bulge in its belly.Image courtesy of Matt Moore/Georgia Department of Natural Resources
“ The indigo , known for preying on other snake , had clearly get down and then expel its repast , losing about half a pound in the process , ” said the Wildlife Resources Division – Georgia DNR onFacebook .
Snake one , a young rat snake , was already bushed , but snake two put on a morsel of aLazarusperformance . Initially , the juvenile eastern diamond - bet on rattler ( Crotalus adamanteus ) appeared lifeless , but an 60 minutes or so later Moore noticed it had started to move . " This rattlesnake must have been a little too ' undercooked ' for the indigo snake , considering it was still alive when it came back up , " Georgia DNR said .
Moore suspected he caught the indigo soon after it had swallow the rattler ; it was unmortgaged the rat snake had been digested longer .
Moore released the rattlesnake at a pouched rat tortoise burrow , which they often use for refuge , but it was by and by seen out in the smoke enjoy in the Dominicus ( you could observe ithere ) . The tegument on the rattlesnake ’s head was slightly torn but has healed and even prove a useful identifier as it was witness and photograph a few weeks by and by .
One last curiosity : the revived rattlesnake had a noticeable bulge in its abdomen , suggesting it had recently eaten a large mouse . “ It managed to keep its meal down after being swallowed and regurgitate by the indigo , ” Moore said .
Perhaps if the indigo knewwhat eels can do , it might have taken more care to belt down its repast first .
It ’s the second in a string of unusual ophidian account in the press this week . A recent newspaper was published on what ’s thought to be thefirst - ever reported case of a Burmese python run through a reticulated python , which has the indigo snake beat as the long snake in the world .
Unfortunately for the reticulated python there would be no coming back from the numb , and grim flick show its final moments before it disappeared into the stomach of the Burmese python – a meal that took around two hours to complete .
“ [ the Burmese python ] had caught a Reticulated Python by the hind end and handbuild tightly around its target before swallowing it tailfirst . The Reticulated Python assay to defend itself by contract the Burmese Python but loosened its grip after being subjugated . From the initial strike to dispatch intake take about two hour , ” the study source wrote .
“ To the best of our cognition , this observation represents the first document depredation ofM. reticulatusbyP. bivittatus . ”
It ’s a snake - eat - snake world out there , I guess .
