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Originally Posted by JohnF
ALEX, RED BELLIED BLACKS ARE CANABALS AND EAT OTHER SNAKES. THEY ARE RELICTANT TO BOTE, AND IF THEY DO ARE NOT USUALLY DEADLY. THEY WILL ,MAKE YOU SICK THOUGH. SO THESE WILL KEEP AWAY DEADLIER SNAKES. WHEN OUR CHILDREN WERE YOUNG, I PUT MY FOOT ON A RED BELLY TRYNG TO PIN IT BEHIND ITS HEAD. BUT GOT IT MID BODY, WAS ON CRuTCHES AT THAT TIME. IT Hit ME WITH ITS HEAD A COUPLE OF TIMES WITHOUT OPENING ITS MOUTH. THAT IS THEY WILL VERY RARELY BITE. AND THEY eaT ALL OTHerS UP TO THEIR own SIZE..
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I can confirm this from my farm days. Red bellied blacks will eat juvenile brown snakes so I was never unhappy to see them around.
