I think armadillos will eat pretty much anything. They also carry leprosy (Hansen's Disease) and can transmit it to humans. Oddly enough, Missouri now has armadillos. They are a very common roadkill sight around where I live, but our county will no longer pick up their carcasses because of...
Awww. I am sorry to hear about your duckling. All mine are too big for pretty much any snake we have around here. We have a few copperheads too, but they haven't posed a problem. I just relocate them if they are too close to the house. Thankfully we don't have rattlesnakes around here...
You are correct. We do have a speckled king snake (what we call salt and pepper snakes) that can be anywhere from heavily patterned with spots to solid black. I thought they were the ones that ate other snakes (thus the name king???), but I came across some videos claiming to show (perhaps...
I love snakes, especially black rat and all types of king snakes. Where I am we don't have any rattlesnakes or cottonmouths. We do have some copperheads. Here in Missouri there is a $500 fine for killing snakes (unless protecting yourself, family, or your stock). I found a nearly 5' black...