How do badgers eat snakes?

These tweaks had evolved independently in at least four species: honey badgers, mongooses, hedgehogs, and pigs. The hedgehog—which loves to eat venomous snakes—wasn't a surprise. But the pig? “We were pretty excited by that,” says Drabeck. read more

What Do Badgers Eat. The European badgers predominantly feed on insects, grubs, and earthworms. Their diet is also composed of several small mammals, amphibians, birds and reptiles. These species are akin to feed on fruits, sunflower seeds, and roots. In some parts of the world (for e.g. in Northern Spain), badgers primarily eat rabbits. read more

But wild pigs, like honey badgers, have long shared the same parts of the world as venomous snakes—giving them an incentive to evolve venom resistance. And that in turn has given the snakes an incentive to evolve more toxic venom. read more