Indigo Snake Eats Rat Snake 01 - Snake vs Snake

The eastern indigo snake is carnivorous, like all snakes, and will eat any other small animal it can overpower. This powerful predator has been known to kill its prey by wildly beating it against nearby objects. Its diet has been known to include other snakes, including venomous ones such as water moccasins and rattlesnakes, as it is immune to the venom of the North American rattlesnakes. Eastern indigo snakes also feed on turtles, lizards, frogs, toads, a variety of small birds, mammals as well as eggs.
The eastern indigo snake has an even blue-black coloration, with some specimens having a reddish-orange to tan color on the throat, cheeks, and chin. This snake received its name from the glossy iridescent blackish-purple sheen it displays in bright light. This smooth-scaled snake is considered to be the longest native snake species in the United States. Mature male indigo snakes are slightly larger than females, measuring less than 8.0 ft, whereas a mature female typically measures around 6.0 ft in length.
As defensive behavior the eastern indigo snake vertically flattens its neck, hisses, and vibrates its tail. Nevertheless, Indigo snakes are usually not aggressive towards human and If picked up, they seldom bite.
It often will cohabit with gopher tortoises in their underground burrows, although it will settle for armadillo holes, hollow logs, and debris piles when gopher tortoise burrows can't be found. Hunters, hoping to flush out rattlesnakes, often wind up accidentally killing indigo snakes when they illegally pour gasoline into the burrows of gopher tortoises (a practice referred to as "gassing"), even though the tortoises themselves are endangered and protected.
Humans represent the biggest threat to indigo snakes. Highway fatalities, wanton killings, and overcollection for the pet trade adversely affect indigo snake populations. Snakes are taken illegally from the wild for the pet trade. Indigo Snakes was filmed by Heiko Kiera aka Ojatro in South Florida 2013.

[ayawali]

Thats what a call a great video. No crappy music in the back ground, no unnecessary especial effect. Just real footage.

[evelyndickey]

“Eat or be eaten” taken to a new level

[ianwilson]

When a snake eats another snake and swallows it whole without killing it first, how long does it take for the eaten snake to die? I don’t know if snakes have a fear of death but wouldn’t it be scary to find yourself inside a stomach and feel the digestive juices starting to work on your body?

[slimboi]

This is the lyric music video for the $uicideBoy$ “ugliest”

[TeeAiDee]

You can tell by how stiff and awkward the indigo snakes movements become after it has swallowed most of the rat snake, that it was struggling to resist the internal movements of the swallowed prey.

[ojatro]

Thanks. Reptiles don't suffocate easily and very often they are still alive while being almost swallowed by another snake, such as the Eastern Indigo Snake in this video.

[tessaparker]

Seeing a endangered species eat it's fill and thrive on, makes me happy! Good video mate, Indigo's are awesome! :) +ojatro

[bendy]

the rat snake was calm and wanted friends. indigo: UR MY MEAL *YUM*

[skakpedersen]

Swift, clean, elegant.
Best snake vs snake I’ve seen.
Thanks for sharing 👍

[Mandarn]

Wouldn't It be cool if another snake came by and ate that one too? It would be like a russian doll

[AlphaUros]

Is the snake inside still alive? could it possible take control of the other snakes actions? :D

[kaylasteger]

That was amazing. That little snake was so helpless. I could not stop ;laughing.

[selcamin]

I feel like I wouldn't have cringed if there was "om nom nom" noises in the background.

[s.sonlinedhamma]

wow ! a lot of snake in your channel....

[Pseudochu]

And that rat snake was alive throughout the whole ordeal! How terrifying but fascinating

[Karim-yrqd]

"I've never done this before"

[henrygodfrey]

I wonder when a snake is eaten alive does it be moving in the other snakes stomach

[JohnDoe]

Crazy! A live moving snake in another snake wow imagine just how long a snake stomach is..

[someonesgoat]

Wow these videos are captured so well, incredibly intense stuff. You have amazing videos man.

[worddtoyuremothhaa]

That black snake would make a really nice bag