Snakes eat plecos
Posted: 30 Sep 2017, 01:10
Almendáriz, A., Barriga, R., & Rivadeneira, C.D. 2017. Feeding behavior of Helicops pastazae Shreve 1934 (Serpentes, Colubridae, Dipsadinae) in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Herpetology Notes, 10, 449-451.
https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/viewFile/29848/29350
This is a short note, so there is no abstract. But it's an easy read if you ever thought, "Hey, I wonder if snakes will eat plecos." But a confounding detail is that that the snake (with pleco in mouth) was captured in a drift net. So did the snake feed on fish trapped in the net? The authors speculate that the snakes prey upon the plecos routinely (without the help of human nets).
Cheers, Eric
https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/viewFile/29848/29350
This is a short note, so there is no abstract. But it's an easy read if you ever thought, "Hey, I wonder if snakes will eat plecos." But a confounding detail is that that the snake (with pleco in mouth) was captured in a drift net. So did the snake feed on fish trapped in the net? The authors speculate that the snakes prey upon the plecos routinely (without the help of human nets).
Cheers, Eric