I had a good one for you today BBH. Was'nt a good one for a pet though. Foul tempered water moccasin(fish snake, not a cotton mouth).
Was putting out some tomatoe plants and onion sets when i heard a baby rabbit squeaking. Turned around and see momma run up by one of the fruit trees in the orchard. Next thing i know i see her jump with a snake attached to her. Knew right away what was up and ran out to check.
About a 4 foot moccasin trying to make lunch out of her brood.
Corraled his arse and hauled him down into the field. He had already ingested at least one, maybe two. Tossed him off to go hunt elsewhere.
Brer rabbit still had 3 or 4 in her nest. Just dont know if a moccasins poison is strong enough to hurt a full grown rabbit. Ill have to watch and see if i see her tomorrow. Babies are to small to bottle feed if she dont come back though.
Funny thing is we were just talking about how to keep the rabbits out of the green bean plants. Could of taken care of a potential future problem by letting the snake eat. I just kinda hate the way snakes eat, especialy babies.
Mom on the other hand was VERY disapointed i didnt chop the snakes head off but hey, snakes got to eat to. They got their place in things. I interfeared as little as possible.
The baby rabbits would be easier to raise then the two baby coons i raised last summer though. Taste real good when they was grown too!