Wise mom uses snake babysitters
Feb 2, 2012 |
Dr Know It All |
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HOW'S this for an unusual friendship? Screech owls will often pick up a blind snake from the ground and take it to its nest and babies.
The owl then feeds the snake grubs and the serpent keeps predators away from the baby owls when the mother's away hunting.
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