A HUNGRY snake found his latest meal hard to swallow — when it tried to eat its own tail.
The greedy 3ft creature mistook his rear end for a tasty dish and started to gobble it up. The panic-stricken king snake quickly realized its mistake but was unable to regurgitate his tail because his backward-facing teeth had taken hold. Luckily the slimy reptile was rescued when its owner spotted it choking.
The snake was taken to Seers Croft Veterinary Centre in Faygate, near Horsham, West Sussex. Exotic reptiles expert Rob Reynolds pried open the snake’s mouth, then dislocated its jaw and slid out the unfortunate choice of lunch before it had been digested.
Nice to see there was a happy ending to the tail.
was the snake starving, or stupid i wonder
Eating. You’re doing it wrong.
Which seems to rule out the Queen snake as an aspiring real estate agent of the aforementioned brokerage.
HOLY ****!!! This is the most surreal thing in the world. It’s a small world indeed. Let me explain.
I live in West Sussex, and the vetinary practice that’s mentioned here is a sub-contractor at where I work. We supply their electrical and computer equipment. Talk about coincidence? I **** you not
That is one of the most bizarre things I have ever heard of an animal doing.
…they really should have taken a picture of it in the mobius strip position before removing it, though.
a real life ouroborus! XD