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So far, this seems to be the preferred technique for a Garter to eat a mouse. The only ones that have taken them head first were off of tongs.

This male is very yellow especially when compared to the females. They yellow stripe next to his belly is much brighter and saturated with color than on the females. The females lower stripe is mostly black/gray with only a thin faded yellow strip of color above the black.