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by absolive on October 23, 2005
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We are working on a school project about coral snakes in the rainforest. I know what they eat but what is considered a predator to the coral snake? What eats it??
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by Cro on October 23, 2005
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Absolive: There are many animals that will eat coral snakes. These can include larger coral snakes, king snakes, and indigo snakes. They are also killed and eaten by wild pigs, raccoons, opossums, and ringtails. Birds of prey like hawks and owls will also eat them, and so will wading birds like herons and egrets. Their warning colors might scare off some predators, but probably make them attractive to others. Hope this helps some. JohnZ
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by MattHarris on October 23, 2005
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..perhaps, but I wonder if there are as many housecats in the neotropics as there are here in the states.
Also contributing are other ophiophagus species such as Clelia clelia, and Erythrolamprus spp.
MCH
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by Cro on October 23, 2005
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There are probably feral house cats on the outskirts of many neo-tropical towns. And there are plenty of larger cats like Ocelots, Jagurundi, Jaguar, and Panther which would also eat snakes. JohnZ
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by Cro on October 23, 2005
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Absolive: Just in case you are not familiar with the scientific terms Matt mentioned:
Other ophiophagus species (Means Snake Eating Species)
Clelia clelia (is the scientific name of the Mussarana snake)
Erythrolamprus.spp (is the scientific name for the False Coral Snakes)
JohnZ
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by MattHarris on October 24, 2005
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Thanks John.
Yeah, it's possible on the outskirts of towns, but I saw that his post mentioned rainforests, and was thinking more of the deeper primary and secondary forests.
The native cats would definitely have an impact. What seems to be more of a problem in the neotropics are feral dogs(eat turtle eggs) more so than cats.
What strikes me as odd, is that the more I think about it, I don't ever recall seeing a housecat in Costa RIca. I suppose they are there, but I they may just not be noticed because there are sooo many friggin' stray dogs running around.
MCH
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by ReptileWild825 on October 24, 2005
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My specialty is reptiles, but John, panthers are not a separate species of feline. The so called "panthers" of South America are simply melanistic jaguar specimens. Just thought I might add that. Later, Bryan
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by Cro on October 24, 2005
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Bryan: What I was talking about when I used the term Panther was Felis concolor, which is known by many names, including Panther.
I did not mean to imply a melanistic Jaguar, which is also called a Black Panther.
Felis concolor has at least 30 recognised subspecies, and is found from South Canada to the tip of South America.
I debated what name to use, as there are many different names for this big cat.
Some of them include Mountain Lion, Panther, Painter, Puma, Catamount, Screamer, Mexican Lion, Brown Tiger, King Cat, Sneak Cat, Mountain Demon, Indian Devil, Purple Feather, Deer Tiger, and gato monte (cat of the mountain).
Puma is the name the Incas gave this cat in their language.
Cougar seems to have come from an old South American Indian word, cuguacuarana, which was shortened to cuguar.
Panther is a general term for cats that have solid-colored coats, so it is often used for pumas as well as black jaguars.
All of these names are considered correct, but scientists usually use the name Puma or Mountain Lion in the West, and Panther in the South, as in Florida Panther.
Hope this helps straighten out the kitty cat confusion.
Best Regards JohnZ
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