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• Afternoon snack?

  King snakes are known to eat other snakes. Perhaps the king snake bit off more than it could chew when it chanced upon the copperhead.

  Posted by RR September 14, 2009 17:31:42

• Les Liaisons dangereuses

  That was my first thought when we happened on the knot of interwoven snake muscle - a mating ball - but not with drawn fangs. And besides, copperheads & king snakes don’t crossbreed. One’s an egg layer, the other births live snake-lets.

  Posted by TP September 14, 2009 17:30:38

• entanglement

  could it have been a lover's quarrel?

  Posted by herpetologist Herb September 14, 2009 17:29:13