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Although I by no means had parasite problems with my Acanthophis, Taronga Zoo in Sydney reported Ascarid (blood parasite) issues with some of it's Desert Death Adders. Gow (1981) and others documented cannibalism in younger Desert Death Adders. He has bred Barkly Tableland A. antarcticus and Northern Death Adders (A. Young specimens and Desert Death Adders appear to indicate a robust desire for lizards over mice. Death Adders (Acanthophis antarcticus) have been bred more steadily than every other Australian elapid. Although Acanthophis will readily eat frogs (see Shine, (1980) for an in depth evaluation of what wild Death Adders will eat), these will not be advisable due to the heavy parasite burden carried by these animals. If you see a nail polish with a "3-free" label on it, what does this mean? The food item could be jiggled in entrance of the snake with tongs and the snake would take it, eating the lizard part first, with the connected mouse being swallowed at the identical time. I used to chop up my lizards as they had been too valuable to waste one at a time on the snakes. My very own experiences associated to an adult male from Goldsworthy, Western Australia, who on one occasion ate a fellow male roughly the identical size earlier than regurgitating him lifeless. |
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