My Oscar eating a Garter snake!
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haha you're right, my brother in law caught one and took it home to put into his aquarium. ended up spitting up half a snake after being in the tank for a couple minutes..asudavew;2837370; said:
ah aside from all the talk about you should or shouldn't do that, "in the wild" doesn't matter, blah blah blah
that looks damn cool. gotta love the o's.
that looks damn cool. gotta love the o's.
Mad About Cichlids;2836169; said:
That's the first thing that I thought. Looks way too big to eat.
Oscars are pigs and are like living dumpsters. Just because it will eat it doesnt mean you should feed it.
Hamburger is loaded with fat and mammilian fat is VERY hard for fish to digest.
That snake could have pesticides etc.
Just because it seems cool does'nt mean its the right (or smart) thing to do.
Hamburger is loaded with fat and mammilian fat is VERY hard for fish to digest.
That snake could have pesticides etc.
Just because it seems cool does'nt mean its the right (or smart) thing to do.
fyi!Tilapia-mariae;2835670; said:
garter snakes are not poisonous.now did he eat the snake or spit it back up? 
DISCIPLE;2837453; said:fyi!
You're right, because snakes can't be poisonous. Venomous is another story.
Actually, some areas in the US have introduced Bass and bullfrogs as predators to keep the garter population down. Garter snakes produce a mild neneurotoxic venom but their teeth a too small to deliver it. Their main defense is an awful smelling musk secrected to ward off predators.
I doubt the Oscar could eat that snake. Nice try but I pretty sure it was a failed attempt. Cool pic though.
I doubt the Oscar could eat that snake. Nice try but I pretty sure it was a failed attempt. Cool pic though.
