tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35799171.post3090076281529059617..comments2024-01-06T19:49:48.119-05:00Comments on Audubon South Carolina: Copperhead CuisineSwampyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06373701685804981500noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35799171.post-38017389751626944662007-10-19T10:02:00.000-04:002007-10-19T10:02:00.000-04:00Bill Hilton, Jr. of Hilton Pond Center of Piedmont...Bill Hilton, Jr. of <A HREF="http://www.hiltonpond.org/" REL="nofollow">Hilton Pond Center of Piedmont Natural History</A> noted:<BR/><BR/>Here's my speculation on the Copperhead photo.<BR/><BR/>--I think the unusual whitish-green objects are indeed the knobs from am Imperial Moth, which gets up to 4" or so. Snakes do eat such things.<BR/><BR/>--I think the hair is mammalian, not bird feathers.<BR/><BR/>--I have no idea what the two orange-brown objects are; they look almost like two halves of an acorn.<BR/><BR/>--Everything looks pretty jumbled up and very wet to me, and the snake's neck is very distended.<BR/><BR/>--The scenario I imagine is that the snake has been stuffing itself and eating everything it comes across and is having trouble getting/keeping everything down. In fact, it may be in the photo that the snake is responding to being disturbed by regurgitating and is, in fact, not swallowing but throwing up.<BR/><BR/>--It's also possible the Copperhead swallowed several items, had to regurgitate, and is re-swallowing--snakes do this sometimes--which would explain the jumble and the wetness. (Stuff may even be partly digested in the photo, which could distort original colors.)Swampyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06373701685804981500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35799171.post-41015763956807424952007-10-19T02:01:00.000-04:002007-10-19T02:01:00.000-04:00This is so fascinating. Great photos!~HeidiThis is so fascinating. Great photos!<BR/>~HeidiCarolinaDreamzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486119813066063409noreply@blogger.com