Never expected! The natural enemy of the rattlesnake is actually it? Eating a poisonous snake is like eating dachwurst, won't it be poisoned?
Rattlesnake is a very interesting snake, in the snake, it belongs to the reptile snake family of a highly venomous snake, mainly living in desert areas, adult rattlesnake, generally about 1.5 ~ 2 meters long, yellow-green body, back some diamond-shaped black brown spots.
The reason why it is interesting is because every time it encounters danger, the rattlesnake's tail is like an electric motor installed, and it can swing quickly 40~60 times per second.
When swinging rapidly, it can make a sassy sound, which can scare away some natural enemies, so it is called a rattlesnake.
Many people believe that rattlesnakes hide a lot of beads in their tails, so they only make a sound every time they shake their tails.
Don't think so, otherwise you are very wrong, the reason why the rattlesnake's tail makes a sound is mainly derived from the rings in the tail.
And these rings are made of keratin, shaped like a gourd section after section, when in danger, the rattlesnake will shake its tail, and these sections of rings collide back and forth, will make a sassy sound.
In addition, the inside of the rattlesnake's tail is empty, which can produce an echo and make the sound louder.
How venomous is a rattlesnake?
Rattlesnake is a snake from small poison to large, because it has grown fangs in the young snake stage, its snake venom is a blood circulation toxin, can destroy the blood tissue function of prey, in a short time, can make the blood in the blood vessels coagulate into a frozen state.
Unlike other vipers, rattlesnakes can control the amount of venom injected on their own, and if they drain all the venom, they can kill 7 scalpers.
Unexpectedly, the highly poisonous rattlesnake, its natural enemy is actually a pinna fox that is a little larger than the cat.
The fenna fox is not a feline, but one of the smallest canines in the world, with a body length of 30~40 cm and a weight of about 1000 grams the size of a kitten, with fur from milky white to light yellow.
The biggest feature of the fenna fox is its two fan-like ears, which are about 15 centimeters long.
The bigger the ear, the better the hearing, as a tailwind ear in the animal kingdom, as long as there are animals nearby, it cannot escape its two ears.
As a social animal, the fennec fox lives mainly in the deserts of northern Africa and western Asia.
During the day, because the temperature of the desert is too high, only at night the fennec fox comes out to feed, and the omnivorous fenna fox basically eats everything, including fruits, seeds, small rodents, birds, eggs, reptiles and insects.
Even the highly venomous rattlesnake can become a meal on the side of the fennec fox, but when it comes to catching rattlesnakes, there are still great risks.
Because of the poison of the rattlesnake, it can easily kill the fennec fox, and in order to survive in the desert, the fenna fox has mastered a lot of survival skills.
For example, a thick fur with a light yellow color can not only resist the cold of the desert late night, but also prevent being bitten by poisonous snakes.
But there are also fatal places, such as the head of the fennec fox, which can easily become a rattlesnake target if not careful.
For the fenna fox, these are not a problem, and its sensitive body can cleverly avoid every attack of the rattlesnake.
Then will use its own claws and teeth to attack the rattlesnake, even if it can't be beaten, don't worry, the fennec fox will also call its brother to help, so the rattlesnake in the face of the fenna fox, there is no chance to escape, will be eaten by the fenna fox as a sausage.
The rattlesnake contains highly poisonous in its body, will the fenna fox that eats the rattlesnake not be poisoned by snake venom?
For fenna foxes, even if they eat ten rattlesnakes at a time, they will not be poisoned by snake venom, and there are two main reasons.
1. The snake venom of the rattlesnake can only poison the prey if it enters the blood circulation
The snake venom of the rattlesnake is a blood circulation toxin, once in contact with the blood circulation, the snake venom will immediately play a role, first destroying the ability of blood tissue, so that the blood in the blood vessels can not coagulate or coagulate into a frozen state.
As long as there is no wound in the mouth of the fenna fox, the snake venom will not play any role at all, even if it is eaten into the stomach, it will be digested by the fenna fox, and it will not cause any harm at all, let alone poison the fenna fox.
2. The stomach of the pinna fox can degrade toxins
As an omnivorous fenna fox, it eats almost everything in the desert, has been trained into an iron stomach, and the rattlesnake that is eaten into the stomach, its venom is actually an active protein.
The fenna fox's stomach has a special substance that can degrade the active protein in the venom and directly digest it as normal food.
This rattlesnake's venom is just a kind of saliva without any taste.
In short, there are many natural enemies of snakes, such as common geese, pigs as poultry, and cobras of the same kind, which will become natural enemies of rattlesnakes.
