Do crocodiles eat snakes?

Crocodiles like nothing better than a fat snake for breakfast. Or anything else they can catch. read more

Yes. Crocodiles will eat practically anything because they're opportunistic predators. They'll eat small to large mammals, turtles, snakes, juveniles eat insects, frogs, lizards, and adults occasionally eat other smaller crocs. read more

Crocodiles particularly like snakes, deer, fish, small elephants, cows, carrion, gazelles, wild boars, dogs, buffaloes, wildebeests and kangaroos among others. Crocodiles also attack and eat sharks. They also eat other crocodiles if there is such a need. Crocodiles will also not spare hippopotamuses and rhinoceroses. read more

Crocodiles represent a more unusual and riskier choice but with greater returns - it will be two months before the snake requires another meal. "They can swallow a crocodile, no problem, but it can defend itself, so it's a more risky choice than a rat," says snake expert Bryan Fry, a professor at the University of Queensland. read more