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[adamanteus]

Maybe not relevent.... but what springs to my mind is certain snakes (such as Pituophis) which are known constrict their prey underground (in burrows) by pressing the animal against the side of it's tunnel. Obviously Pituophis are pretty successful constrictors above ground too.

[Stefan-A]

Maybe not relevent.... but what springs to my mind is certain snakes (such as Pituophis) which are known constrict their prey underground (in burrows) by pressing the animal against the side of it's tunnel. Obviously Pituophis are pretty successful constrictors above ground too.

Which of the North American snakes was it that would often killed rodents through the sheer force of the strike? Could be a myth, but some species or genus has a reputation for doing that. Pituophis? Coluber?

[Zephyr]

My friend had a garter *this was a LONG time ago* that would take full grown mice. It would absolutely devastate them. My friend would drop a mouse in the cage and it would already be dead. lol