Funny stuff

[hjelte]

Hi all! Long time since I posted again, I´m an on/off kind of internet-user I guess

Just wanted to share this: Common Garter Snake | Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis | Reptile

Check the "Food" section. Anyone ever catch your Garter trying to eat your cat?

[ProXimuS]

Hmmm...I guess it could be possible if it was a giant garter, or a cut up cat

[Stefan-A]

They've listed the natural predators. As food.

[Stefan-A]

Sent them an email correcting the 3 biggest mistakes. The diet, the name and the "toxins in the saliva".

[hjelte]

Gr8 job Stefan! I have to admit to finding the fact that a garter would eat a kingsnake rather odd as well...but on a site like that, the facts should be kept straight.

[ConcinusMan]

How about the length of 150 cm? For Americans, that's just barely shy of 5 feet. C'mon!

[d_virginiana]

Anyone ever catch your Garter trying to eat your cat?

All the time. We actually had to put our garters in tanks just to keep the cats safe.

[guidofatherof5]

If garters could eat cats that would be one more reason to have them. More garters and less cats.

Sorry, not a cat person

[Light of Dae]

They still got insects under food for the ribbons and crustaceans for the black-neck garter.
Few listed to eat lizards n snakes as well..
Didn't get to see cats as food lol

[hjelte]

The cat bit is what caught my attention, for sure. I totally get that they, by mistake, put predators under foods. But the formulation, something along the lines of "as large as a cats"....i mean duh!? Is it really surprising that something the size of a cat would try to eat a snake? What about bigger predators, they won´t even try? lol