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Mussurana snake that eats mostly other snakes and likes eating vipers
Posted on 8/26/26 at 6:12 pm
Posted on 8/26/26 at 6:12 pm
In Brazil, there is a monument to these snakes because they devastate the viper population and tend to move on when the viper prey is gone.
This post was edited on 8/26/26 at 6:19 pm
Posted on 8/26/26 at 6:15 pm to Auburn1968
Posted on 8/26/26 at 6:16 pm to Auburn1968
TYFYS Mussurana snake
Posted on 8/26/26 at 6:16 pm to Auburn1968
Join us in celebrating the Mussurana.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 6:19 pm to Auburn1968
Kingsnakes do this.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 6:23 pm to Auburn1968
I, for one, welcome our new Mussurana snake overlords.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 6:26 pm to Auburn1968
The Japanese have a big viper problem in the Habu.
The mongoose were a big mistake since the snakes are nocturnal and the mongoose is diurnal. The mongoose found a lot of native mammals and birds to be tasty and had little to no impact on the habu snakes.
The Mussurana would have been a far better choice at least to test in a controlled environment.
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Japan’s “habu snake problem” centers on the venomous Okinawa/Amami habu (Protobothrops flavoviridis), a large pit viper endemic to parts of the Ryukyu Islands (Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture and many islands in Okinawa Prefecture). It has long posed a risk to people, especially farmers and rural residents, through bites. Failed biological-control attempts (notably introducing mongooses) created a secondary ecological crisis. Bites and deaths have declined sharply with modern measures
The mongoose were a big mistake since the snakes are nocturnal and the mongoose is diurnal. The mongoose found a lot of native mammals and birds to be tasty and had little to no impact on the habu snakes.
The Mussurana would have been a far better choice at least to test in a controlled environment.
This post was edited on 8/26/26 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 8/26/26 at 6:33 pm to sledgehammer
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The primary “monument” or sculptural tribute to the Mussurana (muçurana / Clelia clelia, also known as cobra-preta) in Brazil is a high-relief sculpture on the façade of the Instituto Butantan’s original/main historic building (now the Scientific Library / Edifício Vital Brazil) in São Paulo.
butantan.gov.br
This relief depicts the famous scene of a muçurana devouring a jararaca (a venomous pit viper). It serves as a longstanding symbol of the institute and of the triumph of antivenom (“good”) over envenomation (“evil”). The same motif inspired early logos, seals on antivenom packaging, and even the reverse of the 10,000-cruzeiro banknote (issued 1991–1994) that honored institute founder Vital Brazil.
butantan.gov.br
Posted on 8/26/26 at 6:38 pm to Auburn1968
Posted on 8/26/26 at 6:38 pm to Auburn1968
Posted on 8/26/26 at 6:38 pm to Auburn1968
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This post was edited on 8/26/26 at 6:39 pm
Posted on 8/26/26 at 6:48 pm to Auburn1968
Different than a Mansura black snake.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 7:07 pm to OldHickory
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Mansura black snake.
Is that the one that likes fried chicken?
Posted on 8/26/26 at 8:00 pm to OldHickory
Mansura Black Snake
Posted on 8/26/26 at 8:14 pm to nes2010
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Kingsnakes do this.
I used to have a speckled king snake “Eddie” as a pet behind my shop. I made him a brick pyramid as a lair. I found him more than once eating a cotton mouth. The last I saw him he was huge!
Posted on 8/26/26 at 8:36 pm to Auburn1968
Kingsnakes eat copperheads, cottonmouths, and rattlesnakes so leave kingsnakes alone. They are harmless to humans.
This post was edited on 8/26/26 at 8:37 pm
Posted on 8/26/26 at 10:01 pm to Auburn1968
Okay, like a King snake?
Posted on 8/26/26 at 10:19 pm to Auburn1968
Snakes are so fricking creepy.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 10:45 pm to Auburn1968
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The Japanese have a big viper problem in the Habu.
Was in Okinawa for a training and went to one of the World War 2 historical tours put on by the military base.
My boss that was with me saw this big twisting old tree and asked me to take his picture next to it. So he gets all comfy with it, we walk to the other side and theirs this huge sign saying keep your distance from this tree as it's infested with Habu.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 11:04 pm to Auburn1968
My buddies got one on our last night in Costa Rica back in February. We had just gotten a Fer-de-lance around midnight, so I called it a night to go start packing for our morning flight. They stayed out a bit longer and got a juvenile Mussurana - they are gorgeous when young but just blacken as they age.
The highlight of my catches was a golden eyelash viper.
The baby Fer-de-lance was a thrilling handle…
The highlight of my catches was a golden eyelash viper.
The baby Fer-de-lance was a thrilling handle…
This post was edited on 8/26/26 at 11:07 pm
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